On Tue, 27 May 2003 22:57:32 -0700, G J Feig wrote:

> On Thu, 22 May 2003, "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> Hello fellow Arachnids:

>> Does anyone know of any good free mailing list services?

> --------------snip----------------

>> There used to be lots of good free mailing list services such as
>> One List and E-Groups, but they were all bought out by the yahoo
>> groups along with all their mailing lists which probably were sold
>> by the yahoo groups to spammers.

> Sam, et al,

> I owned three(3) lists on OneList, which were transferred to EGroups
> when that buyout happened, which were subsequently bought by Yahoo.

> Since the Yahoo buyout, I have terminated two(2) of my owned lists
> (still have one), I have subscribed to 5 others, and had one of my
> YahooClubs transformed into a YahooGroup.....

> I NEVER get spam on any of the email addresses that I use exclusively
> for the YahooGroups lists.  The only spam I receive is on the one
> email address that I use for general, around-the-web, use.

> I am NOT a shill for Yahoo, but I can assure you, that, whatever
> use Yahoo might make of any of our information, they do NOT sell our
> email addresses to spammers.

Then why do they ask for so much personal information on their
sign-up page for a yahoo id?  I can think of no reason why they
would to know so much about me unless they were trying to develop
a victim profile on me for targetting by spammers.  Another reason
why I suspect them is that their main web-site used to sponsor
some links for porn enthusiasts.  Most porn sites promote their
web sites by spamming.

Sam Heywood
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