Digital BW, The Print

Mike,
In looking at the Yahoo settings, I thought that the 'Do Not Convert to HTML'
button would prevent the ads from coming in...Apparently that is no so?

Harvey Ferdschneider
partner, SKID Photography, NYC

mkravit wrote:

>  Harvy
>
> What am I missing. Is there an option to change to text only. All I
> have ever seen is an option for the text format not for the page
> format. If you are keeping a secret from us...well you will just have
> toi pay the price my friend. ;-)
>
> Mike
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., SKID Photography
> <skid@b...> wrote:
> > If the ads are really bothersome, why not change your preferences
> (in Yahoo) to
> > 'plain text' (no HTML) only?
> >
> > Harvey Ferdschneider
> > partner, SKID Photography, NYC
> >
> > Michael Kravit wrote:
> >
> > >  Jee Tom, I just love those little camera ads with the good
> looking women....
> > >
> > > Seriously, that is why I switched to emails only, the "continue"
> stuff is
> > > really annoying.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >   ----- Original Message -----
> > >   From: tomoc
> > >   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...
> > >   Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 8:52 PM
> > >   Subject: [Digital BW] Re: OT - Yahoo Adv.
> > >
> > >
> > >   Right on!
> > >
> > >   I am definitely an EX-YAHOO FAN. I'm playing around in other
> lists to
> > >   see how they run and I can tell you, Yahoo is the worst. I've
> sent
> > >   emails to a couple of list managers suggesting they email
> Antonis and
> > >   try to lure him away from Yahoo... Antonis, have they reached
> you?
> > >
> > >   The popup + click through is so obnoxious I can't deal with it.
> > >
> > >   I've installed Symantec Internet Security software and turned
> on ad
> > >   blocking and also use a popup ad filter. Between the 2 of them
> they
> > >   seem to stop about 75% of the images at least... Yahoo is so
> > >   obnoxious you still get a blank page to click through, but at
> least
> > >   you miss most of the dumb yahoo ads and the page loads faster.
> > >
> > >   Tom O'Connell
> > >
> > >
> > >   --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "lyonscox"
> <lyonscox@m...>
> > >   wrote:
> > >   > Ok,
> > >   >
> > >   > I understand Advertising keeps this stuff (I do some myself
> as a
> > >   job)
> > >   > up for free but tonight I'm a bit annoyed when I click to
> continue
> > >   to
> > >   > the message and it gives me a SECOND AD.  Can't tell me I'm
> > >   Clicking
> > >   > to get to the message, then Mr. Yahoo, not give it too
> me...you
> > >   have
> > >   > to change the click-through label :-|D (sticking my tongue
> out ;-)
> > >   >
> > >   > Cleavis





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