Permission to crosspost your post to other groups? Joe M.
skipp025 wrote: > Evidently there's a new "service" called "Grouply". It offers > to put all your Yahoo-Groups onto one page and somehow merge > all the messages in a way that makes it easier to navigate. Most > think Yahoo's method is fine just as it is, so many don't bother > accepting the invite. > > However - some hams are, in fact, signing up for "Grouply". > Grouply accesses Yahoo groups in two ways. You can tell Grouply > which groups you belong to, in which case Grouply attempts, > automatically, to join all those groups. Or, what most folks > do, is they simply tell Grouply their Yahoo name and password, > and Grouply "retrieves" all the new messages for whatever method > of presention. > > But here's where it gets ugly - Grouply then accesses the > member database of groups who have not kept it hidden, and > sells those email addresses to spammers...and, if they have > someone's Yahoo account name and password, they have access > potentially to a LOT of other personal info. > > Not sure how to prevent this from happening on repeater-builder.... > some group moderators are making public announcements, asking group > members to not use Grouply to view their Yahoo group. But in fact, > if "method B" is chosen by the Grouply participant, moderators > will never know if "Gary K6XYZ" accessed the group himself, or if > Grouply posed as Gary to do it. > > Anyway, if the question comes up, "Just say no" to Grouply. > > Reference article: > > http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=1146 > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
