Is it possible to report offensive messages through Yahoo! Answers?

Hi Joshua N,

Obviously, from actually reading your question, i see that the mail was sent via the email link on your Y!A activity page.

Therefor the user that sent it to you does not have your actual e-mail address, nor do you haver theirs... just the live link (within the email itself)

Mails like that should be FOWARDED (not copied & pasted, nor url linked) to the Yahoo! Answers team.

On the subject line , erase the part that says "you have received an email from a Y!A user".. and replace that with "Harassment/offensive email"

You can jot a short note to the team, and then FORWARD to:

y_answrs_team@yahoo.com <-- no 'e' in 'answers' is CORRECT.

It is important that you DO NOT REPLY, and also is wise to immediately BLOCK the user that sent it.

^that will insure that they cannot email you again.

Been there, done that^^^ the Team has always taken care of the issue. They take harassment seriously.

Go with the answers from Oops and Riki who are correct. Abusive emails sent via the Y!A mail system should be reported to the Y!A team who will check and deal with it. Customer Care will just send you an automated message that they've received it and that will be the end of it.

I have had several really appauling messages from a profile so speak from that experience. Don't respond to them. Block the profile concerned and forward it to YAT y_answrs_team@yahoo.com with a short & polite request for them to please take action.

You could send an email to: y_answrs_team@yahoo.com

Strange address but its correct. Include the URL for the individuals profile with an explanation and paste in the abusive messages.

E-mail the team at y_answrs_team@yahoo.com giving a link to the e-mail address of the person and a copy of the mail.

Yes, but NOT THROUGH YA OR THE ANSWERS TEAMS You CAN and should report abuive emals and Yahoo messenger messages to CUSTOMER CARE NOT the ANSWERS TEAMS.

"...What should I do if I receive threatening or harassing emails?

ID: SLN3403

Refers to: Mail , Mail Classic , Mobile Mail

Description

This article explains how to report threatening/harassing emails to Yahoo!

Resolution

If you feel as though your physical safety or the safety of another person may be in jeopardy, we suggest that you contact your local law enforcement agency immediately.

There are also other measures you can take to avoid viewing these kinds of messages:

•Block an email address from sending you emails -- For help with this, please see our article on blocking email messages from a specific sender.

•Automatically sort emails from certain email addresses out of your Inbox -- Through the use of email filters, you can automatically sort incoming messages into the folders of your choice. See our article on creating email filters for help setting them up.

Sending threatening or harassing emails using Yahoo! Mail is a violation of our Terms of Service. If you have received an email from a Yahoo! Mail user that you believe violates the Yahoo! Mail Terms of Service, please click Contact Yahoo! on this page and let us know.

Please be sure to include the following information to help us with our investigation:

1.The original subject line and text of the email message.

2.The email's complete headers. If you are unsure how to view full email headers, please see our help article which outlines the steps. >>>"

http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&id=SLN...

DO NOT FORWARD the email to an Answers abuse team. This is CUSTOMER CARE's problem.

Use THIS online form:

http://io.help.yahoo.com/contact/index?locale=en_U...

if theres not a report abuse button isn't there a report user option somewhere?