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Re: [Digital BW] Re: OT - Yahoo Adv.

2002-02-09 by Peter

And for the times you need to go to the website, a free ad-blocking/privacy
program like Guidescope (http://www.guidescope.com/home/) really makes a
difference.

Peter.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Flashner" <tflash@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: OT - Yahoo Adv.


> Do you people who are complaining about the ads read the list off the web
or
> have the emails sent to you?
>
> I have them sent to me in Plain Text and I get no ads, no HTML. Then I set
> up a Rule in Outlook Express which files each email from this list into
it's
> own folder inside my mailbox. I do the same for every list I'm on and it's
> quite orderly and sensible.
>
> Todd
>
> > 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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> >
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