Activation e-mail not arriving

[jiquera]

Hi I tried to create an account using a ...@yahoo.com address. Even after waiting a week, checking my spam and resending it about 12 times nothing arrived... As a nice added bonus I can't post for help nor contact the mods until my account is activated... In the end I remembered having a gmail account as well and after switching to that address i could activate my account.

I'm mentioning this as I saw other forum posts with similar problems. It seems your mail server/provider is on a black list used by many... not sure how, but maybe you want to look into it.

Cheers

Jiq

 

[Morrus]

Looking at your account, it appears you successfully posted a few minutes after posting this message. I looks like your activation email arrived OK?

 

[jiquera]

well yes with my gmail address (which I changed it too)... not with my (origial) yahoo address, that is still silent...

 

[hm_temp]

I'm having (possibly) similar problems. I've repeatedly tried to get a password reset email sent to my main account over the past few days. That account uses a yahoo email address.

I created this temp account just to post about this problem (as i can't log in to my main account). I used a gmail address for this one and it worked fine.

 

[Morrus]

It sounds like yahoo is the common denominator there.

 

[jiquera]

maybe mention in the "sign up" form that yahoo e-mail addresses are not accepted or don't work? I mean... chances are that none of us can change yahoo's mind on blacklisting and that the issue is here to stay

 

[Morrus]

maybe mention in the "sign up" form that yahoo e-mail addresses are not accepted or don't work? I mean... chances are that none of us can change yahoo's mind on blacklisting and that the issue is here to stay

Such a good idea that I've gone back in time and have done it already!

 

[jiquera]

ow you should hear about my other good ideas after other people have executed them ;-)

 

[hm_temp]

So .. is there a way I can get my original account password reset, or else get its email redirected to gmail? Cos I signed up back in the day when yahoo still worked...

 

[Morrus]

I think I'd have to do it manually.