Yahoo Spam Scam [Archive]

This moment is so much bigger than (F_U_N_G_U_S)

03-29-2002, 10:11 PM

Okay folks PeeYoo has done it again. They have a &#39;marketing preferences&#39; when you sign up. Basically it&#39;s a list of how much spam do you want. I&#39;m sure most people picked &#39;no&#39; to most of the options. Guess what? PeeYoo decided to change them all to &#34;yes&#34; for you! Here&#39;s what you do: go to <A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com" TARGET="_top">http://groups.yahoo.com</A> Sign in if necessary. Click the &#34;my groups&#34; link. In the upper right corner of the page, there are a few links. One says &#34;Account Info&#34;. Click it. You will see your profile basically. Now, almost hidden in the middle of the page, is a link to &#34;Change Marketing Preferences&#34;. Click that. You will see all these &#39;spam acceptances&#39; set to &#34;yes&#34;! Unbelievable! Set them all back to &#34;no&#34; then click the &#34;save changes&#34; button. PeeYoo really gets my goad... &#40;this was only the first of two more things today that has driven my hatred of them up&#41;. Btw, this affects everyone on the &#39;holics mailing list! So go and change it, or be spammed...

Kefla (Kefla)

03-30-2002, 11:45 AM

Thanks for the warning, Fungus - and for the explicit instructions <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":&#41;"> I was wondering why my mailbox suddenly filled with junk.

Sheri Gordon (Sheri)

03-31-2002, 10:15 AM

A sure sign of a company about to go tits up. They&#39;ve increased their ads, charging for their search engine listings, rumoured to start a pay-for-service for their other stuff, etc. If any of ya own shares in &#39;em, I&#39;d sell out now! hehehe

This moment is so much bigger than (F_U_N_G_U_S)

03-31-2002, 08:14 PM

I&#39;d also sell AOhelL before version 8.0 comes out...

This moment is so much bigger than (F_U_N_G_U_S)

03-31-2002, 08:15 PM

Btw, if Yahoo had tits, I might not abhor them so much &#62;;&THORN;

Sheri Gordon (Sheri)

04-01-2002, 08:36 AM

&#34;Can he say that on air?&#34; <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":&#41;">

Javier Ariel Garza (Jag)

04-02-2002, 12:31 AM

Ya know, I don&#39;t mind companies using ad banners etc in order to help build some revenue. Afterall at one time, Centropolis had ad-banners and I&#39;m sure we did our part to help. But, have ya&#39;ll noticed the tiny &#39;content&#39; real-estate lately at some sites? A good chunk of that is now devoted to skyscraper ads, and popups and pop-unders.. jeez.. Plus, I&#39;m not too happy how Warner harvested my &#34;lost &#40;at&#41; planetjag.com&#34; email. As for Yahoo -- money talks. I remember when they were &#39;underground&#39; -- sad to see that corporate-brainwashing has set in. -=JAG!