Since the introduction of Automatic Organizer for Yahoo! Mail we have been busy listening to your feedback and building enhancements to make it even easier to save your Inbox for real people.

We have updated the app with a new look so it is easier to use, with inline editing, drag and drop, and improved help. And introduced further enhancements like digest control into the settings page. Check it out by clicking on Automatic Organizer in the application list in the bottom left panel of Yahoo! Mail.

Tell us what you think, and let us know what other improvements you would like to see.

Last week, several of our users contacted us complaining about spam in their OtherInbox. Initially, one common complaint was spam being sent to their Seesmic mailbox. It turns out it wasn’t Seesmic’s fault, it was a service provider they were using who got hacked. But, that doesn’t matter to the millions of consumers whose email address is probably in the hands of spammers now.

How did our users know who was spamming them? They provide every site that sends them email with a unique OIB address, like seesmic@yourname.oib.com.

When you use OIB addresses, it’s easy to see who is responsible for the spam you get. And, it’s easy to stop the spam you don’t want. If you gave everyone the same email address, you would have no idea how your email address was obtained by spammers.

We continued to receive more reports of spam. Ultimately, we discovered something else in common – the OIB addresses were given to sites that use an email service provider named AWeber. As it turns out, AWeber’s database got hacked, and their subscribers’ email addresses were accessed.

AWeber’s website claims they manage email marketing for over 65,000 clients. If you signed up for a newsletter from any one of those 65,000+ clients, you could have been spammed.

This is not a dig at AWeber at all. They are a reputable company, with a very strong anti-spam policy, and are known for having good practices. Unfortunately, they got hacked and many email addresses were mined. Even if AWeber fixes all their security issues, their subscribers’ email addresses are already in the hands of spammers. There is no way to take it back, so those subscribers are screwed. I’m sure a lot of them wish they had an OIB account now!

But OtherInbox users are safe. They can just Block the seesmic@yourname.oib.com email address with a single click and change their address with Seesmic to something different, like seesmic1@yourname.oib.com. No more spam!

In the end, bad things can happen to anyone, even the good guys! Protect yourself from spam. Get an OtherInbox account and start using OIB addresses. Leave your Inbox for real people and be fearless with your email!

We always want to make sure your OtherInbox emails are as accessible as possible. That is why we created an IMAP server for OIB.

Although there have been some bumps and bruises along the way, we are committed to keep IMAP an option for our users. We are confident our fixes and improvements have resulted resulted in a more reliable IMAP server.

If you have used the IMAP server before, would you be so kind and take this survey? In the past, your feedback has been incredibly valuable in helping us understand what you feel is important. This helps us prioritize what we need to work on next!

Thanks for helping us make OtherInbox even better!