Yahoo Mail Requiring Image Verification to SEND YOUR OWN MAIL

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[rustybrick]

Is this always?

[sufyaaan]

Yeah, I witnessed the same verification process a few days back while sending an email from Yahoo! Mail. And that was the first and the last time as I haven't been able to see it again since then.

[pk_synths]

Weird. There must be alot of hacked accounts if they are asking a user to verify sending his/her own email. With Yahoo! Messenger being tied in directly to your mail accounts this is probable. I once had a trojan that keystroked my username and password when I logged into Yahoo Messenger and some dip had access to not only my Messenger but also to my email account. Erased all my emails and I have no idea what he sent out before he did that.

[sufyaaan]

I think Yahoo must have detected some massive sending of automated emails by some virus/trojan/worm and have blocked it by implementing image verification OR they must be testing some new features (security measures) recently...

[seo-ireland]

I saw this yesterday as well for the first time ever.

[Jichino]

Yahoo still require image verification but only does it randomly now as oppose to a few months ago when it seemed like it was required every time. Not really a big deal either way.

[aimhigh]

It happened to me thrice but not always. Maybe, it only happen when yahoo suspect that the email you received is a Spam or not secure.