[Western] Yahoo changed profiles - check yours,

rstarkey rstarkey at camalott.com
Fri Mar 29 16:15:04 PST 2002


Tho not a topic i would generally forward, I did go into yahoo, and my
preferences were all checked as "yes".
Ryah

Yahoo changed profiles - check yours,


>
> >
> >          This came to me from another E-group. I
> > checked and it's true. If
> > you don't want to start getting a bunch of new crap
> > in your e-mail follow
> > the instructions below.
> >
> > >         Yahoo has just made a sneaky change to
> > everybody's 'Marketing
> > > Preferences', the result of which will be a load
> > of spam. To change them
> > > back here's what you need to do to avoid all the
> > ads:
> > >
> > >         Go to My Groups and click on Account Info,
> > verify your password
> > > if it asks you to, and your Yahoo ID card comes
> > up. Click on 'Edit your
> > > Marketing Preferences' and change ALL the Yes
> > buttons to NO.
> > >         Click Save Changes.
> > >
> > >         I've done mine already, and I was shocked
> > to see what they'd
> > > signed me up to receive without telling me! If you
> > actually gave them
> > > your address and phone # in your profile, they've
> > signed you up for phone
> > > and postal spam as well as email.  Make sure they
> > are marked NO as well.**





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