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Puzzle for you - 2/10/2016 1:09:03 AM

DeviantlyD

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According to Yahoo! customer service, there is something in the following URL that triggers their spam filters to prevent an e-mail containing it to be sent. In their words "your email wasn't accepted because it contains characteristics indicative of spam."

http:/:www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/tf/t2201/README.html

I know it's the URL because the e-mail went through fine without the URL, which is a legitimate Government of Canada web site.

I'm annoyed that a single e-mail, sent to help someone out, can't be sent because something in the URL triggers their spam filter. (Shouldn't I be sending more than one e-mail to trigger a spam filter?)

Can anyone figure out what part of the URL contains "characteristics indicative of spam"?

Esited to add: I think I've figured it out. Could it be that Yahoo! blocks palindromes? *shakes head* How is a palindrome "indicative of spam"?

< Message edited by DeviantlyD -- 2/10/2016 1:22:46 AM >

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RE: Puzzle for you - 2/10/2016 3:16:27 PM

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Is it the http:/: ?
Shouldn't be http:// ?
Just a guess on my part. I just have never seen a URL start out with HTTP:/:

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RE: Puzzle for you - 2/10/2016 3:52:14 PM

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Yup, that's a typo. It should be http://

Do you have a response to my question to add?

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RE: Puzzle for you - 2/10/2016 8:08:45 PM

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Sorry, I thought the http:/: might be flagging the email

You might try sending the url as plain text.
Leave off the http://
Write your email then hit the return key several times to create blank lines in the email
Now go the the website and copy the url
Come back to the email and on one of the blank lines created, right click you mouse and post the url as plain text
Do not hit the return key. Use the mouse to move off that line
Now send the email - I just tried it on my Yahoo sending to my gmail and it worked.

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