***WHY am I being limited to the amount of e-mails on YAHOO that I can send out in a given time??

Question

Just got back from vacation and want to respond to the e-mails I've accumulated. In answering, I've received TWICE this week the notification that I have exceeded the "allowable" number of e-mails I can send out. WHAT is the "allowable" number and what is the time frame involved?

Many thanks for the clarification.

Answer 1

depends on the type of yahoo mail account you have. if it is a free account, there is a limit. you should ask yahoo via the help section when you log into your mail account.

the purpose of limiting the number of messages you can send out is to limit spam. even though you're not technically spamming, it appears to yahoo that you might be, and that's why the limit it.

hope this helps a bit!

Answer 2

I don't know what the allowable number is or what the time frame is that's involved, but I certainly can understand the reason for it.

If people were given unlimited space for emailing, people would rapidly take advantage of the situation to do commercial mailings. Also, it's not really fair to allow someone more space than another.

If you scroll to the bottom of the page under Terms of Service, this paragraph might answer your question.

12. GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE

You acknowledge that Yahoo! may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Service, including without limitation the maximum number of days that email messages, message board postings or other uploaded Content will be retained by the Service, the maximum number of email messages that may be sent from or received by an account on the Service, the maximum size of any email message that may be sent from or received by an account on the Service, the maximum disk space that will be allotted on Yahoo!'s servers on your behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the Service in a given period of time. You agree that Yahoo! has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications or other Content maintained or transmitted by the Service. You acknowledge that Yahoo! reserves the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time. You further acknowledge that Yahoo! reserves the right to modify these general practices and limits from time to time.