Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 08:59:40 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: How to kill Yahoo spam
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

> sgs at aginc.net 04/01/02 09:22PM
>
>Michael Walsh wrote:
>
>> I assume, if you have a Yahoo! e-mail account) and have no desire to
>> surrender
>> your inbox to a deluge of mail from Yahoo!'s advertisers, you have to =
tell
>> them that you don't want this mail within 60 days -- if you don't say
>> anything, they will just send it.
>> Here's how to do it:
>> - Go to Yahoo Groups (http://groups.yahoo.com) and sign in.
>> - Go to My Groups and click on Account Info, verify your password if it
>> asks
>> you to, which will bring up your Yahoo ID card.
>> - Click on 'Edit Your Marketing Preferences' and change all those Yes's
>> back
>> to No's.
>> - Click 'Save Changes.'
>
>Note that this does not apply just to Yahoo! Groups.  You have to do
>this for every Yahoo! account you have.
>
>Bleah.

TANSTAAFEA = There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Email Account  ? ?

mjw

>
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>Steve Smith                                           sgs at aginc.net
>Agincourt Computing                            http://www.aginc.net
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