Fred van Kempen wrote: > Actually, this is nonsense Scott- you can either select > (one of your existing) email address(es), or you can > have the registration process create one for you - in which > case that will be a Yahoo address, indeed. > > But it is NOT a requirement to have a Yahoo address..
I don't want to drag this thread into the off-topic realm or beat it to death ... Correct: you don't have to have a Yahoo! email address to have a Yahoo! account! You can use an email address in any domain to create a Yahoo! account. But in reality - Yahoo! actually will filter and block some addresses from being used to sign up for Yahoo! accounts. For example, let's say you create an email address in your own domain like [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! will not let you register that address as an account on their system. The issues is NOT anything about the email address (like [EMAIL PROTECTED] versus [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ... but one of having a Yahoo! account. When you sign up for a Yahoo! account (no matter what email address you use) you are likely providing Yahoo! with some personal information. You are also granting Yahoo! the right to put some cookies on your system ... which gives Yahoo! the ability to track any resource you may be using that is Yahoo! based. This may also include some level of info for third parties as well. And Yahoo! also uses something called web beacons "to access Yahoo! cookies inside and outside our network of web sites and in connection with Yahoo! products and services." This includes HTML email. For more information view the Yahoo! privacy policy, sub policy on web beacons and terms of service. My personal preference is to not allow Yahoo! (or other companies doing similar things) to have access to (my) personal information ... or use that in conjunction with tracking information that is loaded on my system and later utilised for data mining. Thankfully this and the other D-STAR email lists (which are hosted on Yahoo!) still allow one to subscribe, post and receive messages via email ... and text based at that. Now back to your regular D-STAR digital discussions ... Bob W1QA
