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Hotmail/Yahoo Blocking Our Emails

We are having email issues currently on the server. Our email server has problems sending e-mail to Hotmail, msn, outlook.com and yahoo. All our e-mail which we generate on the server and contain those providers is not being sent.

For example, last night we had over 800 members with Hotmail/Yahoo email accounts whereby the emails that we sent out were returned as 'undeliverable." We are receiving this response from these providers: "Sending unsolicited commercial or bulk e-mail to Microsoft's computer network is prohibited." What this means is that these providers think we are sending out spam.

Other companies using the same email server as us is experiencing the same problem. This issue is not only affecting us, but many other well known companies using email servers not serviced by our website host provider, according to our Tech Support Team who have been making inquiries. Our Tech Support Team has been trying to resolve this with Microsoft/Yahoo, without much success.

We will continue to work with these providers and our website host provider to resolve. The more people complain about this, the better. So if you are using Hotmail, MSN, Outlook.com, and Yahoo, contact them to complain. The odds that they are not only blocking GayOutdoors' email being sent to you, but other emails you've subscribed to.

Our Tech Support Team indicates that they have run into these issues before with these providers. This will get fixed eventually but will most likely occur again. They recommend changing your email account to another provider for a more permanent solution. 

Overall, these sort of issues occur when people flag legitimate emails as spam instead of taking a few seconds to change their email subscription preferences. As a result, all of us end up paying the consequences.

To change your email notifications:

  • Login
  • In the left column under your profile picture, click on  "Edit Email/Privacy"
  • There is an Email Notification option based on your zip code. You can select trips posted within 150 miles, 300 miles or none. 

Also, for every email we send out, there is an unsubscribe link at the bottom. Thanks for your cooperation.

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