Hi All, A few days ago I raised the fear that my posts were being censored an issue that was put to rest by Walu when he indicated that the Kictanet systems were blocking mail from Yahoo servers, I have noted the same issue when sending mail to various other domains from my yahoo account. Remote host said: 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [77.238.189.23] blocked using dnsbl.sorbs.net; Currently Sending Spam See: http://www.sorbs.net/lookup.shtml?77.238.189.23 [RCPT_TO] So I ask, has Yahoo's systems finally been hacked into and could this mean the end of free email as we know it? Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
Hi Robert, Yahoo Mail does not have the best when it comes to security. Users accounts are frequently hacked and used to send spam emails. However, there are very many other free email providers, including GMail, Zoho, FastMail, Hotmail to name but a few. Free email is big business and I doubt it will go anywhere soon. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 7:50 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hi All,
A few days ago I raised the fear that my posts were being censored an issue that was put to rest by Walu when he indicated that the Kictanet systems were blocking mail from Yahoo servers, I have noted the same issue when sending mail to various other domains from my yahoo account.
Remote host said: 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [77.238.189.23] blocked using dnsbl.sorbs.net; Currently Sending Spam See: http://www.sorbs.net/lookup.shtml?77.238.189.23 [RCPT_TO]
So I ask, has Yahoo's systems finally been hacked into and could this mean the end of free email as we know it?
Regards
Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya
Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
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Yahoo! is obviously prone to hackers much more easily than other free email accounts. However, free emails will not cease, in the near future. That I know. On 18/04/2012, Brian Ngure <brian@pixie.co.ke> wrote:
Hi Robert,
Yahoo Mail does not have the best when it comes to security. Users accounts are frequently hacked and used to send spam emails.
However, there are very many other free email providers, including GMail, Zoho, FastMail, Hotmail to name but a few.
Free email is big business and I doubt it will go anywhere soon.
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 7:50 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hi All,
A few days ago I raised the fear that my posts were being censored an issue that was put to rest by Walu when he indicated that the Kictanet systems were blocking mail from Yahoo servers, I have noted the same issue when sending mail to various other domains from my yahoo account.
Remote host said: 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [77.238.189.23] blocked using dnsbl.sorbs.net; Currently Sending Spam See: http://www.sorbs.net/lookup.shtml?77.238.189.23 [RCPT_TO]
So I ask, has Yahoo's systems finally been hacked into and could this mean the end of free email as we know it?
Regards
Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya
Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
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KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
-- Regards
Brian Ngure
"Free email is big business". That's right. Which is the proof that "Free email is not FREE". Sorry, we all know what the price is: Privacy not $$$. The question is really how much privacy units are you paying to get that service for "free $$$". My 26 years in Business and IT thought me that there is not Free launch :-) But we all know that. Just a reminder. Nasser -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+nasser.kettani=microsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+nasser.kettani=microsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Solomon Mburu Kamau Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 5:48 AM To: Nasser Kettani Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Has Yahoo been hacked? Yahoo! is obviously prone to hackers much more easily than other free email accounts. However, free emails will not cease, in the near future. That I know. On 18/04/2012, Brian Ngure <brian@pixie.co.ke> wrote:
Hi Robert,
Yahoo Mail does not have the best when it comes to security. Users accounts are frequently hacked and used to send spam emails.
However, there are very many other free email providers, including GMail, Zoho, FastMail, Hotmail to name but a few.
Free email is big business and I doubt it will go anywhere soon.
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 7:50 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hi All,
A few days ago I raised the fear that my posts were being censored an issue that was put to rest by Walu when he indicated that the Kictanet systems were blocking mail from Yahoo servers, I have noted the same issue when sending mail to various other domains from my yahoo account.
Remote host said: 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [77.238.189.23] blocked using dnsbl.sorbs.net; Currently Sending Spam See: http://www.sorbs.net/lookup.shtml?77.238.189.23 [RCPT_TO]
So I ask, has Yahoo's systems finally been hacked into and could this mean the end of free email as we know it?
Regards
Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya
Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
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KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
-- Regards
Brian Ngure
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@Bobby, I don't particularly trust www.sorbs.net as a DNS Blacklist database. Yes, that IP 77.238.189.23 belongs to Yahoo but it's listing in SORBS remains questionable to me. It could be a false positive or a malicious listing. So much junk mail originate from Yahoo accounts (always very vulnerable to getting compromised) and someone might have decided to list that Yahoo IP with sorbs blacklist service to teach them a lesson. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 07:50, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hi All,
A few days ago I raised the fear that my posts were being censored an issue that was put to rest by Walu when he indicated that the Kictanet systems were blocking mail from Yahoo servers, I have noted the same issue when sending mail to various other domains from my yahoo account.
Remote host said: 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [77.238.189.23] blocked using dnsbl.sorbs.net; Currently Sending Spam See: http://www.sorbs.net/lookup.shtml?77.238.189.23 [RCPT_TO]
So I ask, has Yahoo's systems finally been hacked into and could this mean the end of free email as we know it?
Regards
Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya
Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
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