Major Security Update for Yahoo Mail

Spam messages have always been extremely annoying for all of us, whether they were promoting Viagra, Rolex watches or other drugs. Because of that, email providers and software company joined forces to develop better filters and technologies able to block unwanted messages supposed to reach our inboxes. Yahoo Mail is one of the most popular email services on the web with millions of users in every corner of the world. It's not a secret that the Yahoo Mail accounts have often been the target of less or more critical spam attacks, so something had to change.

The Sunnyvale company struggled to improve the security of its mail service and, today, a new major update has been finally rolled out. According to Ryan K., Community Manager for Yahoo Mail, "starting today, we will be taking the bold move of rejecting mail from these zombie computers, using information from a number of third-party companies and ISPs to help in the identification."

"When these unauthorized computers attempt a connection to our back-end mail servers, they'll be politely informed that their unsolicited mail is not welcome at Yahoo!. (This change is on the back-end only; users connecting through the Classic or All-New Yahoo! Mail web interfaces will not be blocked by this change.)"

This is an important step for a safer Yahoo Mail inbox but still, the consumer support is always welcomed. That's why you're advised to use the 'This is Spam' button as soon as you discover an unsolicited message in your inbox. Keep in mind that once you report a message as spam, you may prevent the email from appearing in other people's inboxes. This way, if users from all over the world join forces and mark the unsolicited messages as spam, Yahoo Mail may turn into a safe and calm service.

"Clicking these buttons immediately sends a series of notifications to our SpamGuard systems and personnel so that we can correct the problem, and is the best indicator of how well we're doing in our mission to ensure you receive all of the mail you want and none that you don't", Ryan K. tried to convince people to use the 'This is Spam' button.