# gmail demarc issues **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 14, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-demarc-issues/688451 "2014-05-14T17:37:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-demarc-issues/688451/1 "2014-05-14T17:37:37Z")
Le sigh… I don’t have time for this!! Is anyone else having issues with gmail bouncing back yahoo email because of demarc/domain issues??? All of a sudden I’m having job applications submitted through job boards like Monster and CareerBuilder (using my longtime yahoo email) - which I’ve used in the past without issues - now throwing the applications aside because gmail doesn’t like the domain. Or whatever. I am NOT fluent in computer-speak. Or code. What I AM is out of work. And pissed. Is there somewhere online I can find the info I need that is dumbed-down and step-by-step for computer-illterates like me in order to FIX THIS SHIT NOW? ---
**Author:** ![HipGnosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@HipGnosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HipGnosis)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-demarc-issues/688451/2 "2014-05-14T17:44:20Z")
It’s not something you can fix. Go to Yahoo Help and tell them what the problem is - it’d be best if you have a screen shot of the error in a format you can pass to them. ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-demarc-issues/688451/3 "2014-05-14T18:00:32Z")
Get a gmail address to use just for submitting job applications. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-demarc-issues/688451/4 "2014-05-14T18:31:06Z")
i afraid you guys would all say that. new gmail account it is… thnx ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-demarc-issues/688451/5 "2014-05-15T02:22:10Z")
Not sure what that problem is all about, but – If it’s a problem with yahoo, and can be solved by quitting yahoo, then go for it. Yahoo has updated their e-mail and other services many times over the last few years, and IMHO every upgrade has been seriously shittier than the previous version. Even here on SDMB, I think we’ve had numerous Pit threads about it. Myself, I’ve largely abandoned yahoo mail over the last few years. I have just a few remaining occasions to use it, and I’m even giving up on those lately. Yahoo mail has become outrightly unusable. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-demarc-issues/688451/6 "2014-05-15T04:12:43Z")
Are you filling out a form on the job site, and that is sending an email on your behalf? If so, the problem is probably with the job site. It’s sending from @yahoo.com with an origin of their.smtp.server and Gmail is like “uh, this from email address doesn’t match up with their.smtp.server, it must be a spoof” and it gets bounced. If that’s what’s happening, it’s a problem with the job sites, not Yahoo or Gmail. But getting a Gmail address would help deliverability if you are sending to Gmail addresses.