Thanks man!!! Lava At 12:11 PM 3/31/2002 -0500, you wrote: >I got this from a marilyn Manson list... This is real, I logged into >my yahoogroups account and there it is.. marketing.. just log in, and >flip everything to the 'no' toggle. heh.. it wouldn't have mattered >for me, as they would send the spam to a yahoomail account that i've >never used anyhow. > >-chromatest > >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: [spookhouse] yahoo spam alert >Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 10:05:35 -0500 >From: "jason edwards." <edwardje@student.gvsu.edu> >Reply-To: spookhouse@yahoogroups.com >To: spookhouse@yahoogroups.com > >got this from the mogwai list... > >----- >culled from Tom Roche on the Peel list: > > >Just learned that Yahoogroups added a "marketing" area to everyone's >account. > >They set up the default they to say "yes" which means one must >"opt-out" if you don't want to receive e-mail advertising offers, etc. >In other words, they set everyone up to receive spam. > >I thought it would be more 'official' if I sent it to you, >and you in turn sent it to the List. > >If one doesn't want spam and advertising offers: >the directions to change are that one must change all preferences to >"NO" so you won't receive their advertising. > >They are supposedly sending out messages to everyone, but are saying >it may >take several weeks. In the meantime, they can happily release your >contact >information to others in accordance with their changed policy. > > >Go to the Yahoogroups page: http://www.groups.yahoo.com . > >Click on Account Info on the top right corner of the screen. >Enter your password when prompted, then below the listing of your >email addresses, click on the link "Edit Marketing Preferences." >It is set to Yes (which really means, please send me spam) on every >option. >Set them all to No, if you don't want unwanted mail, >and, note that there are two more towards the >bottom of the page about phone and snail mail spam. >Lastly, click the button to save it. >----- > >jason > ------------------------------ > http://home.tir.com/~morpheus > ------------------------------ > http://www2.gvsu.edu/~edwardje > ------------------------------ > >------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to >http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > >Brought to you as a service of Tenth Planet Media. >http://its10pm.tripod.com > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to >http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >PolySix-unsubscribe@egroups.com > >PolySix "Digiest" Page: http://www.ing.umu.se/~me96kus/p6digi.html > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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Re: [PolySix] [Fwd: [spookhouse] yahoo spam alert]
2002-03-31 by Moho Disco
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