Click here to Skip to main content
15,891,529 members

Welcome to the Lounge

   

For discussing anything related to a software developer's life but is not for programming questions. Got a programming question?

The Lounge is rated Safe For Work. If you're about to post something inappropriate for a shared office environment, then don't post it. No ads, no abuse, and no programming questions. Trolling, (political, climate, religious or whatever) will result in your account being removed.

 
GeneralRe: MQOTD Pin
U. G. Leander19-Jun-16 21:40
professionalU. G. Leander19-Jun-16 21:40 
GeneralRe: MQOTD Pin
HobbyProggy19-Jun-16 22:04
professionalHobbyProggy19-Jun-16 22:04 
GeneralRe: MQOTD Pin
Herman<T>.Instance19-Jun-16 23:37
Herman<T>.Instance19-Jun-16 23:37 
GeneralRe: MQOTD Pin
Brittle161819-Jun-16 23:58
Brittle161819-Jun-16 23:58 
GeneralRe: MQOTD Pin
908236520-Jun-16 0:08
908236520-Jun-16 0:08 
GeneralRe: MQOTD Pin
Corporal Agarn20-Jun-16 2:23
professionalCorporal Agarn20-Jun-16 2:23 
GeneralRe: MQOTD Pin
Sampath Sridhar20-Jun-16 2:35
Sampath Sridhar20-Jun-16 2:35 
GeneralStrange behavior in for Yahoo Mail conversation feature Pin
swampwiz19-Jun-16 19:32
swampwiz19-Jun-16 19:32 
I think I have noticed something peculiar in the way that Yahoo Mail does its conversation feature. I would post this question to a Yahoo forum, or even to their customer service (do they have that?), but I remember the last time I sis that for an issue, I got some yahoo [pun intended] give me useless advice, so I have decided to post the question here, where intelligent folks lounge around [2nd pun intended too].

Some background as to why this is important. I am getting something shipped intercontinental (Europe - North America), and am using a website named freightnet.com to post the transport I need, and eager vendors contact me and try to win my business. Unfortunately there are a few scammers that lurk there Mad | :mad: ; they have horrible reviews that state that they just take the money and do nothing AND the picture of the building for their HQ office is some residence in a typically swanky neighborhood (obviously due to the scam income).

Anyway, the way it must work is that this website blasts out E-mails to everyone that is signed up to listen, and the vendors that are interested simply reply to that E-mail (or simply send a new E-mail to me) with my E-mail as a CC and add their introduction from which a back & forth exchange can commence. If just the reply is done, then the subject of the E-mail received by me is of the form "RE:" OR "FW:" & "Freightnet Rate Request ID: ######". I'm thinking that the "FW:" gets used if the initial recipient of that E-mail blast forwards it to someone first, who then responds to me, so just having it have "FW:" could be perfectly normal.

For the latest go-round, I have 2 vendors that have done this reply, and when Yahoo mail is not in conversation mode, it does not seem that they are linked as one doing a CC of me to the other, and that one replying to me. However, in conversation mode, these 2 vendors are linked, and of course the reason it matters is that one of them seems to be a scam, whereas the other one does not. Obviously if they were linked in some way, I would consider both of them to be scams, but I would rather not do that as the non-scam one seems to be giving me a good price, which unfortunately is something that a scammer would do! (Of course, I will continue to do due diligence with that one that is currently considered to be non-scam.)

So, getting to the question at hand, I am wondering if Yahoo Mail simply looks at the subject line and if they match and with a "RE:" or "FW:" in front, and presumes that it is the same conversation, or do they do more diligence and have a way to tie messages together? Is there way of looking at the full header data to see if these 2 messages are really linked? I was able to lookup the country of the IP address of the sender for the non-scam vendor and it checks out as being from that country.

Anyway, any insight about this would be helpful!
GeneralRe: Strange behavior in for Yahoo Mail conversation feature Pin
ledtech319-Jun-16 20:46
ledtech319-Jun-16 20:46 
GeneralRe: Strange behavior in for Yahoo Mail conversation feature Pin
Foothill20-Jun-16 3:31
professionalFoothill20-Jun-16 3:31 
GeneralGravity Pin
aaryan4219-Jun-16 1:51
aaryan4219-Jun-16 1:51 
GeneralRe: Gravity Pin
Jochen Arndt19-Jun-16 1:55
professionalJochen Arndt19-Jun-16 1:55 
GeneralRe: Gravity Pin
Garth J Lancaster19-Jun-16 2:06
professionalGarth J Lancaster19-Jun-16 2:06 
GeneralRe: Gravity Pin
Jörgen Andersson19-Jun-16 2:25
professionalJörgen Andersson19-Jun-16 2:25 
GeneralRe: Gravity Pin
Garth J Lancaster19-Jun-16 3:12
professionalGarth J Lancaster19-Jun-16 3:12 
GeneralRe: Gravity Pin
Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan19-Jun-16 2:18
professionalAfzaal Ahmad Zeeshan19-Jun-16 2:18 
GeneralRe: Gravity Pin
Garth J Lancaster19-Jun-16 2:20
professionalGarth J Lancaster19-Jun-16 2:20 
GeneralRe: Gravity Pin
Sander Rossel19-Jun-16 2:38
professionalSander Rossel19-Jun-16 2:38 
GeneralRe: Gravity Pin
PIEBALDconsult19-Jun-16 3:58
mvePIEBALDconsult19-Jun-16 3:58 
GeneralRe: Gravity Pin
Marc Clifton19-Jun-16 4:28
mvaMarc Clifton19-Jun-16 4:28 
GeneralRe: Gravity Pin
phil.o19-Jun-16 5:21
professionalphil.o19-Jun-16 5:21 
GeneralRe: Gravity Pin
Mark_Wallace19-Jun-16 8:27
Mark_Wallace19-Jun-16 8:27 
GeneralRe: Gravity Pin
aaryan4220-Jun-16 3:27
aaryan4220-Jun-16 3:27 
GeneralRe: Gravity Pin
W Balboos, GHB20-Jun-16 0:59
W Balboos, GHB20-Jun-16 0:59 
GeneralFerocious Attack Kitten Pin
DaveAuld19-Jun-16 1:50
professionalDaveAuld19-Jun-16 1:50 

General General    News News    Suggestion Suggestion    Question Question    Bug Bug    Answer Answer    Joke Joke    Praise Praise    Rant Rant    Admin Admin   

Use Ctrl+Left/Right to switch messages, Ctrl+Up/Down to switch threads, Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right to switch pages.