Question posted by anitasever on October 3rd, 2011

I Cannot Send Emails From My Account. It 'suspects Suspicious Activity'.

I have a yahoo account.  I cannot send emails from the account.  It 'suspects suspicious activity and when I punch in the security code, it prints up the rejection note.  I have changed my password and have also shut down and rebooted.  Not sure what to do.

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on October 3rd, 2011 8:18 AM
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