Digital BW, The Print

Todd-

I read it all on the web... Gives me the flexibility to thread the 
messages or look by date.

And I'm not complaining about ads...it all has to be funded somehow, 
but about the intrusive click-through ads that interrupt so 
obnoxiously.

Tom O'Connell


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Todd Flashner <tflash@e...> 
wrote:
> 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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