It's So Confusing

@p1kef1sh (45681)
August 28, 2009 3:38pm CST
Today all my Inbox mail came to my Spam account and all my spam to my Inbox. Good old Yahoo. Am I alone in having an idiosyncratic mail provider?
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
28 Aug 09
This certainly hasn't happened to me before! It seems I'm pretty fortunate in the generic email provider department because I have Yahoo, Gmail and Hotmail and never had any issues with any of them. (Touch wood) I'm assuming you've marked all the relevant mail as not being spam and vice versa so it won't continue on this way? It sure is strange that it would decide to do this on its own though?
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
28 Aug 09
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
28 Aug 09
Cool, my first mylot threesome!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
28 Aug 09
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
28 Aug 09
It's gotta be you Wonderful you.... I use Yahoo as a backup account, but not my main one. I've heard a lot of gripes though...
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
28 Aug 09
Could make me be true, And could make me be blue And even be glad, just to be sad Thinking of you
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
28 Aug 09
..... accented heavily with a smattering of .....
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
29 Aug 09
Nothing quite like being serenaded first thing in the morning - carry on ladies please.
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
30 Aug 09
No, I didn't have that problem...but then they might have had it fixed before I got on since I didn't get on till so late. I have other problems from Yahoo! but so far not that..or as I said unless it was fixed first.
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
1 Sep 09
I always check my spam, never fails that at least one more things slip through into it that doesn't belong and I have to move it to inbox..I have a sister in law though that doesn't check her spam..she just dumps it.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
30 Aug 09
It seems OK again now Becky. But it goes to show that checking your spam is always worthwhile!
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
28 Aug 09
It's Yahoo so it doesn't shock me any I turned off the spam filter on Yahoo so that everything goes into my Inbox. It's a pain to have to sift through all the spam in the spam box just to get to the regular mail.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
29 Aug 09
I have told it that myLot stuff isn't spam. I wonder if it will work.
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
29 Aug 09
It didn't work when I was using Yahoo for mylot mail. Yahoo seems to run on its own crazy rules
• Netherlands
29 Aug 09
While it is not the most exciting explanation that you have ever had P1key...No, You are not alone, I have a Lot of problems with my e-mail Providers and half of the time I don't know where to look...so I just figure if all else fails...Go to Spam!!
@p1kef1sh (45681)
29 Aug 09
Yes. That's what I do GEL. It seems to have righted itself again now.
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• Netherlands
29 Aug 09
Glad to hear that it seems to have worked itself out P1key...by the way, I sent your a couple of e-mails...Have you checked your Spam Lately????
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@coolpk87 (69)
• India
28 Aug 09
no friend, you are not alone.. my two of earlier accounts in yahoo had the same problem... so i switched to gmail
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
29 Aug 09
I have Gmail accounts too. Thank you and welcome to myLot.
• Canada
4 Sep 09
i've had days like that too. E-mail can be so annoying. These computers like to conspire against us.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
4 Sep 09
They should be banned! No, I didn't mean that!
@anne25penn (3305)
• Philippines
29 Aug 09
One probable reason why your mail is getting mixed up is that Yahoo has again done some upgrades to their server. When this happens, most of your settings are reset to default and you have to check your settings again. I don't mind if my spam mail goes into my inbox with Yahoo. Because ALL of my spam mail goes into yahoo. I use yahoo as my dummy account, and use another provider that has better security for important mail messages.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
29 Aug 09
I have tried to reset my settings. I shall have to see what happens now.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
31 Aug 09
I had this happen to me also with my regular email address. I had to switch mine over to my hotmail account to keep it from happening. I do not know why something goes to spam when we signed up to receive it anyway.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
31 Aug 09
I don't understand either Steph. But it seems OK again now.
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@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
29 Aug 09
happened to me, although I don't remember if they were one day's emails or it just happened randomly I hardly checked my yahoo emails I'm going to cancel them one by one someday
@p1kef1sh (45681)
29 Aug 09
I have been sorely tempted to cancel Mel.
@littleowl (7157)
29 Aug 09
Hi p1ke thanks for letting me know! I have been expecting some mail in my yahoo account but haven't received it so will look in my spam folder, that was the last place I thought of looking...hugs LoLo
@p1kef1sh (45681)
29 Aug 09
Glad to have been of service LoLo. I hope that you find your missing mail. XXXX
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
29 Aug 09
hi p1ke. my yahoo mail works well today and notices well properly placed in the box and the spam folder. though there were times in the past that i experienced the same as yours today. it never happened again lately and hope it will never again. hope yours will get back to normal soon.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
29 Aug 09
I am pleased that someone's is working properly. Mine isn't yet! Blooming thing! LOL.
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@bhanusb (5709)
• India
31 Aug 09
May be you your Inbox mail box is overloaded. So your mails had gone to your Spam account.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
31 Aug 09
My Inbox only had about 70 messages in it. I don't think that is overloaded. However, it has righted itself again now.
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@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
29 Aug 09
Every so often I get stuff in my spam folder that should go to my inbox, some are even from people on my friends list. Never had it completely swapped though. It's not Contrary Day over there is it?
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
29 Aug 09
I think that it must be. I am very frustrated by it I know that.
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• Regina, Saskatchewan
28 Aug 09
Yahoo and I don't get along at all, at all, so we just avoid each other........... I did however, get an email (not spam, a real email) from President Obama today telling me I'd won a U.S. government lottery in the amount of $65 million! I about fell off my chair. So I emailed 'him' back and told 'him' that as a Canadian, I didn't need any of his bail out packages as I lived in a very stable country thank you very much and that no, 'he' couldn't buy my identity with false claims! LOL
@p1kef1sh (45681)
29 Aug 09
Whatever shall I do with you Sparky. Nice Mr Obama offers you millions and you let pride in your nationality get in the way of enough money to buy a ticket to Blighty AND the purchase of a nice cuppa when you get here. Sheesh...... ROFL
@tjades (3591)
• Jamaica
29 Aug 09
I also have a yahoo account but hardly ever use it. Seems there was a major glitch in the services today. Not ooking good on their part at all.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
29 Aug 09
Exactly. It's still there today.
@liquorice (3887)
28 Aug 09
I'm kind of impressed by that. No, that's never happened to me, (although I've had my fair share of problems with Hotmail - the worst being when it just wouldn't let me into my account for about a week!!). How did that happen? I'm answering this question from email so I haven't seen any other answers, but I'm interested in whether this is a mess-up that's happened with all Yahoo users or if it's just you! Maybe Yahoo is making a judgement about the mail that you receive, lol! Actually that would be an idea; an ISP that decides, based on the quality of the mail, whether you need to read it or whether it should be chucked straight on the junk-heap! Hope you get it sorted out.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
29 Aug 09
I think that it is Yahoo's way of keeping me on my toes. I'd change if it weren't such a hassle. But I like your idea of the ISP deciding what is important to me or not. It can start by rejecting anything that says "Bank" on it! LOL.
29 Aug 09
Hi p1key, Maybe they got confused or playing a little game with you, lol! nothing like that has happened to me, yet. Hugs. Tamara
@p1kef1sh (45681)
29 Aug 09
I'd like to play a little game with them Tamara! XXXX
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
29 Aug 09
Hey p1key! I have Yahoo too and they really are a mess! I have never had them reverse my mail though! They have done alot of things, but not that! At least not yet anyway! They are slow and constantly having problems like kicking me out altogether! But, that is where I have my mylot account so I try to deal with it! I wish when they do an upgrade that they would actually fix it to work faster with less problems!
@p1kef1sh (45681)
29 Aug 09
HTe more they upgrade the worse they become is how it seems to me Opal. They are driving me nuts!
@TLChimes (4822)
• United States
29 Aug 09
Nope... you aren't alone. Mine sent back the mail that came from it's own groups. How odd is that? Yahoo has it's moments of weirdness.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
29 Aug 09
Definitely. Don't get me started on Yahoo Groups! Grrrrr.