Digital BW, The Print

well my problem is fixed somehow - now receiving emails!
Julian (was that a loud groan from the back somewhere??)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam A. McCandless" <samcc@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 5:24 PM
Subject: Is Yahoo's not-free lunch worth the pain? (was [Digital BW] Re:
Yahoo List Problems - cookies)


> 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>
>
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