Can't receive some emails at contact-7850496@ToastmastersClubs.Org

We're trying to set up a Yelp account, but can't get automated verification emails from @yelp.com. A Yelp employee was able to email contact-7850496[at]toastmastersclubs.org directly. (I replaced @ with [at] to avoid web crawlers from harvesting our club email addresses from public sites. Does FreeToastHost block certain email providers and/or domains for us to check and/or troubleshoot that this is the problem?

Virtual Parliamentariians #7850496

Well, this is something that a lot of *other clubs* would black list and because your club is using the Crowd Sourced Black List feature, that matters. So you probably need to add an entry to your club's email whitelist to override the Crowd Sourced Black List. There is a button in the Email and Contact Forms module to search the Crowd Sourced Black List...

Remember that when you are using the Crowd Sourced Black List feature, you are basically putting your faith in what all other clubs have said should be black listed. It is a very effective feature, but sometimes it is just too effective.

Thanks for the suggestion to add the vendor's email to the white list! I didn't find business@yelp.com or any with *@yelp.com in the crowdsourced black list, so perhaps it's an issue on their end where they claim emails were sent, but perhaps not received until they approve our business listing.

You need to check the email carefully to get the sending email address--they may be using some "creative" from email address. I would suggest setting your own email address as the recipient of emails from them temporarily to check where they are sending from then setting it back once you have determined that.

I can tell you that no-reply@yelp.com *is* black listed by a couple of clubs... I just checked that.

virtual.parliamentarians wrote:

or any with *@yelp.com

The search does not support wildcards... just search for @yelp.com (no askerisk)

Thanks for going the extra mile in searching for no-reply@yelp.com and tip for removing the asterisk! I've asked the vendor to confirm which email address sends the verification for us to add to the white list in case that helps resolve the issue.

If there is a way to search for all combinations of addresses at a specified domain, it may help instead of guessing what the username/prefix may be. This would avoid other users like me from missing these blacklisted addresses unless good samaritans, like yourself, see this request for sharing their wealth of wisdom!