Suspicious Activity Is Listed And Will Not Let Me Send Emails. Why

See above

I Know the Answer!

I have the same question
Request More Information

Current Answers

Answer #1: Posted by darapmonsta on September 29th, 2011 11:21 PM

This answer was accepted by the poster of the original question.

darapmonsta

Member since:
December 14th, 2010

Points: 259,700

1,100
points

Usually YA issues this message when your e-mail account may have been hijacked and used for spamming. To find the spamming source and to make sure that it isn't you causing this, Yahoo has to temporarily shut down your mail account. During the suspension, you have access to all email in your inbox, personal folders and sent folder, and to your mail options. You will not be able to send or receive mail or save any drafts. Email sent to your account will bounce back to the sender.

Other probable causes

#1: Somebody may have tried to enter your account without being authorized, and he may have tried to do so a couple of times. After a couple of failed attempts to open your mail account, Yahoo also temporarily shuts it down for security measures. In some cases a user may not even try to get into your account, but he may want to cause trouble for you - he just knows that after a couple of seemingly unauthorized attempts to enter your account, Yahoo shuts it down for a couple of days. Often an automated program is used for this which can send more than 1000 requests a minute. The Yahoo servers detect that a human can't be behind such attempts and presto, the account is shut down.

What you can do is go to: http://login.yahoo.com/config/login . After your first try you'll probably get a failure message, but when you try again, you'll see a captcha link. Only real life people could handle this correctly, spambots can't read it. If you are lucky, you may be able to enter your account at this point.

#2: If you send large amounts of mail, even if it is for non-profit organizations, Yahoo may close your account temporarely because their program can't tell the difference between a supposed spammer and a real one.

Summary: if the login hack doesn't work, wait a little, a suspension usually lasts about 48 hrs. If you then still can't get in, go to this online help form and describe your problem:
http://help.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/mail/…
You could also send a mail to e-mail support:
[email protected]
or
[email protected]
or call Yahoo! Customer Service: 1-408-349-1572

Yahoo Knowledge Base Results

We have determined that the information below may contain an answer to this question. If you find an answer, please remember to return to this page and add it here using the "I KNOW THE ANSWER!" button above. It's that easy to earn points!

How do I send email to a single contact or a few contacts? | Yahoo! Mail Help
... address, type a comma after the one , hold down a list of complete email address choices that match what you just entered, and then start ...typing the next address. Mail drops down the Ctrl button on a Compose page to a large group repeatedly, you might want from the list, and Mail fills it in for you 're sending...
Troubleshooting: Access, Log-in, Sign-in, Can't Send Email, Can't Receive Email Issues | Yahoo! Mail Help
... they just can't sign on my browser? Mail Classic. I have found that their Yahoo! Mail detected unusual activity in my account and I can I just got an error message telling me . Mail account and send email from happening. Mail customers have to accept cookies in order to load a page, but never finish? Temporary Access...
How do I automatically add new people I'm in touch with to my Contacts list? | Yahoo! Mail Help
..., click OK . See #2, below. Your Homepage How do so: After you click , you'll see a page that tells you who you 'll add the email addresses of all new people to my Contacts list? There are two ways you send emails into your Contacts list. You'll find this option at the top, after "When...