Digital BW, The Print

The last time Yahoo got to be such a pain, there was some talk of 
alternatives. And I think it was concluded then that there was no 
better "free" - except for the pain - alternative to Yahoo. I can't 
remember whether there was no better pay-for-it alternative or 
whether a pay-for-it list was thought not feasible. But I think I'd 
rather pay to subscribe than put up with Yahoo.

Sam McCandless            samcc@...


>In view of these new Yahoo problems, I thought I should mention a situation
>with cookies.
>
>I used to set my cookie prefs to "ask for each site". This way I could easily
>decline marketing cookies and accept needed ones (subscriptions, accounts
>etc).
>
>A few months ago, Yahoo changed its behaviour and locked me out of its
>groups unless I set my prefs to "accept all cookies". This was clearly a new
>move on their part as it didn't affect  getting to my account 
>settings or yahoo
>email. Just the groups. IOW, with cookies set to "ask", neither my group
>membership was recognized nor my moderator or owner status.
>
>The moral of the story - besides how aggressive Yahoo has become with its
>marketing practices - is to check your cookie prefs in relation to any changes
>of status to your Yahoo groups.
>
>It's getting weirder....
>
>
>Antonis
>
><and good luck contacting Yahoo about any of this>