Yahoo E-mails automatically go to spam folder..really annoyed!

[butterfingers2010]

So, I have asked two different professors via e-mail for letters of recommendation, and neither has responded yet after several weeks. I find it extremely unlikely that both of them are ignoring my e-mails or are too busy to respond, so this leads me to believe that my e-mails have been going into their spam folders. I have received e-mails from other yahoo users that have automatically gone to spam (also really annoying, good thing I check it from time to time). Also was warned as an undergrad to never send professors emails from yahoo addresses, as this tends to happen. Sadly, I no longer have my college e-mail address. So I am wondering if I should change my e-mail address to avoid these problems in the future. Are there better free e-mail programs out there that won't do this? has anyone else had this problem with yahoo?

[fullofpink]

Gmail does not do this, as far as I know.

However, if you sent the emails several weeks ago, you may need to just call their offices and leave a message on their voicemails.

Edited September 24, 2011 by fullofpink