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thehermanator2003
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thehermanator2003 asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 1 decade ago

Report offensive email via YA?

Earlier today, I answered a question by a user with the screen name "LIBERALS EAT BO SHlT , it was an ignorant question, but I just had to give a good answer. I received this email shorty after, and when I clicked on the question YA page said "You can not access this page", and the User allows no reply or IM's, Here's the text of his obnoxious email :

Hello thehermanator2003 (thehermanator2003),

You have received a message from another user!

From: LIBERALS EAT BO SHlT

Subject: Hey there

Message: I never thought there could be a Patriotic Liberal, WTF. You must be a real war hero, which I don't believe because liberals are cowards. LMFAO, moron.

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Please find and bar this idiot from YA forever, Thanks You, Herman

Update:

Thanks Brian, (And Everyone !), I took your advice as regards the email address. You would think that I would know such things, as long as I've been participating here. I should have reported the question itself, but I get so tired of people saying that Liberals aren't , or can't be, Patriots, that I had to respond to the idiot's blathering.

One of my better blogs has a byline that says, "The Blog of choice for All Patriotic Liberals", and I know there are a lot of them out there, it's just that most of my Vietnam Vet. buddies are still drinking the right-wing Kool Aid, probably because the right-wing were the only one's who treated us like humans when we came home?

Thanks again Everyone !

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  • brian 2010
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Here's how you do this:

    1. Forward the message to the Answers Team at y_answrs_team@yahoo.com (note the "e" has been left out) with the subject "Insulting email from another user." Be sure to give them the details on what was written.

    2. Go to their profile and click Block. This action will prevent the abuser from sending you any more messages and "troll" through your posted content.

    Warning: You must never respond back to the abuser at all costs and harass them. This can result in the suspension of your Answers account. Just report the matter to the Answers Team and allow them-along with Customer Care-to take care of the problem for you.

    By doing as I instructed, this will get the other user's account permanently suspended in no time flat.

  • Colin Wholigan
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Another way you can do it is to report the question and in the additional information section mention the fact that this guy is insulting another member via e-mail,I had a similar problem a few weeks ago,so I reported the guy's question and mentioned that he was insulting me via e-mail,needless say it must've worked because shortly thereafter the question got deleted!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    you could try,i think the yahoo homepage to report.but from experience,,nah..the user name is not allowed so????google.... report yahoo abuse and follow up..thank you

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