Topic: Yahoo Mail

A No Agenda producer reported receiving "Error 554" when trying to send emails via Yahoo, which the company's policy page attributes to "objectionable links." The hosts warn that major email providers are actively scanning outgoing content and blocking messages that violate internal policies, urging listeners to move to private servers.

Yahoo Mail experiences a significant multi-day outage. Meanwhile, Gmail changes its image loading policy to facilitate tracking by marketers and begins prompting users to send money via "Gmail Wallet" in the compose window. The hosts urge listeners to opt out of free services and use community-run email servers.

Chad Biederman sends a letter thanking the hosts for "karma" that helped his cat, Mr. Focker, recover from illness. He also notes that Yahoo Mail is filtering certain newsletters into spam while the No Agenda newsletter remains visible. Other donors from London, Lisbon, and Amsterdam are acknowledged for their support of the "best podcast in the universe."

The introduction of the "Promotions" tab in Google Gmail has caused a significant decline in open rates for the No Agenda newsletter, dropping from over 50% to 27%. Similar delivery issues are reported with Yahoo Mail, where newsletters are reportedly disappearing or being diverted to spam folders. This shift in email architecture is described as a "mercantile attack" on small businesses, forcing creators to compete with internal ads from the service providers themselves.