Ivan, I'm a member of about a dozen Yahoo groups and have gotten *zero* spam because of them (I know because I set up separate email addresses just for Yahoo -- just in case, then I could track it's source). If you do sign up and get a Yahoo ID, make sure your user preferences are set to all opt-out of any Yahoo third party email (this is where I think lots of people go wrong). That will keep you spam-free.
As far as harvesting email addresses goes... Yahoo obscures your email address on all web site posts (public view) so that makes harvesting very difficult also. I was really really skeptical of Yahoo groups in the beginning, but unless things change I'm very happy with their privacy policy. Matt Pobursky Maximum Performance Systems On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 09:53:57 -0400, Bagotronix Tech Support wrote: >>While it is true that you do have to sign up as a member of Yahoo! >>Groups, once you have done that you are free to join any of the >>Yahoo! Groups that have "Open Membership". > >How much spam do I have to sign up for? > >Seriously, one reason why I like the TechServ list is that AFAIK they >don't sell it to spammers. And no one who isn't in the PCB biz is >likely to be lurking and harvesting e-mail addresses. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
