Thanks for the heads up .. I've forwarded this to my lists. I'm definatly not pleased about this at all.
-------------------------- Martin Tuip MVP Exchange Exchange2000 List owner www.exchange-mail.org www.sharepointserver.com -------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikki Peterson - ITCX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 9:50 PM Subject: Yahoo! SPAM > This was true for my account too. I don't think this should be tolerated. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ptimlin > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 12:31 PM > Subject: [jp1] Important info on Yahoo Spam with Yahoo Groups... > > > Just learned this from another list and I encourage everyone to pass > this on to any other Yahoo Groups they belong to. I think this is a > violation of Yahoo's Privacy Policy. I have already sent feedback to > Yahoo complaining. Wonder if they will even reply. Here are the > details..... > > Yahoo has changed everyone's "marketing preferences" to "yes" so > everyone will get loads of "offers." I just checked mine and it was > true. > > Go to the main YahooGroups page and click on "Account Info" at the top > right. When your account comes up (you will probably have to enter > your password again), scroll down to the e-mail addresses portion and > click on "Edit Your Marketing Preferences" where you will probably > find a check in the 'Yes' column by each and every thing. Then go to > the bottom of the page and make sure you uncheck the places where you > give them permission to mail stuff or call you (unless you want them > to, of course). Make your changes and click on "Save Changes." > > Hopefully this will help cut down on the amount of spam people get > and more importantly, help keep people from quitting our group > because of it! > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
