[kictanet] Has Yahoo been hacked?

[Brian Ngure]

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 at 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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Regards

Brian Ngure
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