I've been 'outcast' as SPAMmer ever since and have to enter that stupid code after every email. We use it occasionally and this is flatly ridiculous. I've reported it and replied to their requests for information and over 4 months nothing has improved. And all our outgoing mails go into recepient's SPAM folder – what the …! We started using Yahoo because our domain name emails were going into SPAM folders. Then this. Is all linked in some way?

It got worse when I realized that my Bali husband's email – never sent bulk, not linked in any way to our business address (except perhaps sent in one email) also requires this – this is flat ABUSE by yahoo (notice no capital Y because they're no longer my favorite).

Is this prejudice against Indonesia?

Can anyone help? This is abusive, ridiculous, and unprofessional on yahoo's part.

You say McAfee has actually been pretty good about fixing this. They have agreed to retest and I will hear about the results in about 8 weeks.?! They damage your reputation and wast your time and, even if they do remove your warning that's good enough?

That's sort of like the McAfee limo speeding by your house smashes into your car legally parked on the street and then they tell you that when they speed by in 8 weeks, if they don't hit your car again, they will forget the whole thing!

I would hope that we could find a way to hold incompetent arrogant corporations more responsible. I would still support you in any legislative or legal remedy. At the very least I would shine the light of day and keep telling the story as publicly as possible and not settle for less than an apology, some sort of restitution such as an on line retraction and a promise to change their policy, as you suggest, o contact the site if spam has been received and help to fix the problem, instead of ruining the reputation of good people.

Good luck and keep us posted.

I thought I give you an update. McAfee has actually been pretty good about fixing this. They have agreed to retest and I will hear about the results in about 8 weeks.

It's going to be a very embarassing 8 weeks! I've subscribed to my own opt in just to be sure that all is good…although I know it is.

It would be a much better service if they would contact the site if spam has been received and help to fix the problem, instead of ruining the reputation of good people.

I'll let you know how it goes…

Sorry to hear that you are still dealing with Yahoo/McAfee abuse. They have left me alone since 2008 but it still makes me angry when I think about it. Yahoo and McAfee – maybe most corporations – are as large as some countries and run like North Korea – the right to vote only by stockholders, all power from a central committee, no balance of powers, no presumption of innocence, no transparency.

David Lewis' observation that the problem may go away when Microsoft takes over may be correct but, again we are relying on the benevolence of a big corporation – an even bigger corporation – and can only hope that they treat us fairly.

I'd like to bring some accountability and the light of day to Yahoo and McAfee and even Microsoft. Toward that end, I would be happy to lobby elected officials or join a class action suit to address these corporate abuses. At the very least those of us who have been wronged should have a way to get straight answers and resolution short of a very expensive lawsuit.

Has anyone found any other information or ways to fix this problem? Anyone have a contact that will get action?

It seems to me that McAfee would do better to remove the service rather than provide blatant misinformation to users who trust them. Thanks for the insight into McAfee's and Yahoo's business practices. Funny, I trusted McAfee before.

Yahoo has marked all 1700+ pages on the search results. Pages that have no email addresses, pages that don't have forms or even links to forms.