Unfortunatly, yes. This is true. It also shouldn't have been sent to the ROM mailing list.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Edward Langenback [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 7:20 AM > To: Thomas Langenback; Wendy Abbeduto; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > jesus-n-u; > CoCo List; Mary; Rom List > Subject: Fwd: Yahoo ID - Urgent Notice > Importance: High > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all; > > If you have a yahoo ID and you have been recieving more > spam than usual of late, there is a reason why. It > seems that while yahoo was down recently, they made some > changes.. to EVERYONE's account! > > The following tells what happened and how to fix it. > > THIS IS LEGIT!!!! I just got done fixing my own profile, and > it was mangled just exactly the way this said it would be. > Also, when you click 'Finished' after fixing your profile > information it will land you on your "My Yahoo" front page. you > might want to look it over as well and make sure that they > havent added anything there. My wife had to remove a > horrible-scope and a few other things from hers and I found a > sports scoreboard that I didnt want on mine. > > in Him, > - -Edward Langenback > > - -----------begin forwarded message--------------- > >The following is only applicable to those list members > >who have Yahoo IDs: > > > >You may remember when you signed up for a Yahoo ID and were > >asked by them if you wished to receive any "Special Offers > >& Marketing Communications." Yahoo recently revised their > >privacy policy. As a result, and regardless if you chose to > >receive any of these "Special Offers" or not when you signed > >up for your Yahoo ID, Yahoo has set every single person who > >has a Yahoo ID (and those who have more than one) to "YES" > >in these preferences. > > > >This means that you may well be inundated with even more junk > >mail than you are already receiving. > > > >In order to change your settings back to whatever you had > >them before, you will need to log in to you account and > >physically change them. Login at the following URL - you will > >be prompted for your Yahoo ID and password: > > > >http://edit.my.yahoo.com/config/eval_profile > > > >The middle segment within the Member Information (email > >addresses) section has a link to: "Edit your marketing > >references." Click on this link and you will see all of > >your settings were changed to "Yes"....meaning of course > >that you will receive all kinds of "offers" from Yahoo > >and their "partners". > > > >Unless you wish to receive even more junk mail than you are > >already getting, you may wish to go entire the entire page > >and choose whether to receive such notices. Also, right at > >the bottom of the page are other ways you could be notified > >- by phone or postal mail. Unless you wish to receive > >unsolicited phone calls and paper junk mail, you will need > >to change these settings to "NO" also. > > > >Once you have finished your selections, make sure you click > >on the "Save Changes" button right at the bottom of the page. > > > >Yahoo is supposedly sending out notices to all its users > >re this particular change. However, it is estimated it > >will take several weeks for everyone to receive their > >notification. In the meantime....a considerable amount > >of marketing mail could making its way to everyone's > >mail boxes. > > > > - - > > > > > - -------- End of forwarded message -------- > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> > > iQA/AwUBPKRb/aFHRIx8k/hSEQI9swCgjKE1ZUOU+uEm1Y7VDcJ8Oojym7YAnRPA > OE+kQkvDvAEf6oociILQshUE > =BJ7z > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > -- > ROM mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom >
