Los Angeles
I'm sure that most of you have already learned this important lesson: being sure to check the "Spam" folder on a regular basis....
Today I had the awful experience of having had a *friend*'s emails go to my spam folder. We weren't able to speak by telephone and so his only means to contact me was email. Here, I was under the impression that he had simply forgotten about the date, changed his mind, or that something came up. It was not until about eight hours later that I discovered his emails there in the Spam folder.
It really saddens me that this caused us to miss our date, and caused him such great inconvenience.
I also learned tonight that there were a total of 12 unread messages in my Spam!! What the hell?! About half of these were from people contacting me for the first time, who probably think I ignored them 
Just think of all the wonderful dates I could have enjoyed and potential new friends I may have made...
Are there any settings on my email I may be able to modify in order to decrease the chances of messages going to Spam? I poked around in my yahoo account a bit and really just don't know what I can do, if anything...
Readers, thanks for your time.
xoxo
Lela
This post was such an excellent reminder, Lela. For both providers and our sweet hobbyists. After reading your post, I just checked mine and had several from potential 'new friends' wanting to make appointments, as well as some i have already either seen or have been previously emailing... Clearly no rhyme or reason for the spam selection process Thank you for the reminder, it's most appreciated, as I would hate to ever come off as a flake! Hope your New Year is off to a great start and hoping you and i will meet soon for some fun