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1. fewcw Says:
   November 27th, 2009 at 6:56 pm

   it does no good to report a spammer to Yahoo…It is a fact of internet life…best you can do is as follows….

   Usually just clicking on SPAM when you receive the message will direct it to your SPAM FOLDER and any subsequesnt emails from this person will go there…if that doesn’t work try below….

   If you are using yahoo classic OR all new mail…..
   Go to “Options” It is above your email
   Click on “Mail Options”
   Click on SPAM
   Enter the address you want to block
   Click on “Add Block”

   On occasion the sender changes their name BEFORE @ so block that DOMAIN the following way…

   If you are receiving several emails from the same domain, but various ID’s, the easiest way to stop them is to enter the domain into your “Blocked Addresses”.

   In Yahoo! mail, to block the senders domain (hotmail.com):
   ◘ Click on “Options, upper right corner of mail page”.
   ◘ Then “Mail Options”.
   ◘ Click on “Spam” from the list on the left.
   ◘ In the “Add a blocked address” box, enter the domain (only the part of the email address AFTER @, do not include @). Note: I have recently seen where you should have the @ included…try them both.
   ◘ Click the “Add” button.

   Now, any email from that domain, no matter what ID is used to send it, will be blocked.

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   FINALLY…do not forget to click on SAVE CHANGES at the top of the page….

   ….Have a great day……………….
   NOTE; Please remember to pick a best answer by clicking on the THUMBS UP at the end of the answer you choose…thanx

2. Martin G Says:
   November 29th, 2009 at 3:54 am

   The address for Yahoo’s abuse department is:
   However, because return addresses can be forged, the abuse department might do nothing unless you include complete headers. In Yahoo webmail look under the message and to the right for a link Full Headers. Click on that. In email programs other than Yahoo there may be a different link. Sometimes it is called View Source.
   I suggest that you open Notepad or similar text editor to keep notes for your complaint. Unfortunately Yahoo webmail trims away the headers in its forwardings. So you need to select and copy the full headers. Paste into your notes. When you forward to the abuse department(s), you can paste the headers back in with a note that these are the full headers. Check the headers for internet providers other than Yahoo. Look for IP numbers, which is a group of four sets of one to three digits surrounded by brackets and parentheses. Select and copy. Go to
   Paste in the IP numbers. Trim away the parentheses and brackets. If you are receiving the email in Yahoo, the IP numbers highest in the headers will probably be Yahoo. That might be because it was sent from Yahoo, but it is most likely added by the mailserver delivering it to you. Look for IP numbers deeper in the headers to identify the internet providers used by the spammer.
   If the spam came from outside the U.S. or Canada, ARIN may refer you to the Regional Internet Registry that carries that net block. The four other RIR’s besides ARIN are:
   Asia Pacific
   Africa
   Latin America
   Europe

   I suggest sending a Bcc to yourself. This will confirm that the email got sent, and it will show you how it displayed to the other recipients.

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