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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
 Posted - 04 Apr 2002 : 12:44:57
found this tidbit:every last pref in my profile was set to "annoy me at your earliest convenience"! time for some fictionalization! quote:
Author: atomik (---.client.xxxxx.com)
Date: 03-29-02 23:33 Hi folks. Thought you might like to know that Yahoo might have adjusted your 'profile' to accept what looks like unlimited spam. http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/privacy/privacy-23.html To reset those prefs, go to http://edit.my.yahoo.com/config/eval_profile Then, click on EDIT YOUR MARKETING PREFERENCES and you'll see what I mean. If you're like me, none of my info is legit, but if your real phone # and address are in there, you're a good candidate for a spam carpet bombing.
source: http://dealmac.com/forums/read.html?f=1&i=712514&t=709990 if figured this was appropriate considering recent security concerns.
raWr is right, you get what you pay for, one way or another!
jt  ™
p.s. i'm not crazy about the tag to your address (i edited the one above) that they append even if you don't give them an e-mail address at dealmac. has anybody seen this before? Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 04 Apr 2002 12:47:34 |
sosumi
not the MAF mod
USA
129 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2002 : 14:21:20
I just ditched my yahoo account, irked they're axing free pop access, and no more FTP for geocities - grrrr - their file manager is so slow!looked for another pop account and settled on hotpop.com, so far so good  sosumi
68k macs liberated:3 |
Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2002 : 14:42:47
quote:
I just ditched my yahoo account, irked they're axing free pop access, and no more FTP for geocities - grrrr - their file manager is so slow!looked for another pop account and settled on hotpop.com, so far so good
thanks for the reply, sosumi. i think i should have just learned something, but i'm clueless. a translation of the terms and explanation of your strategies would be VERY helpful to this netnewbie!
jt ™
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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2002 : 17:51:06
Honestly, I'm more worried if the spammers get a legit email address rather than a mailing address. After all, nobody really minds the catalogs in the letterbox, you just throw them out.Phone numbers are worse, but you can always hang up on tele-marketing people. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
00014 Macs liberated |
AnubisTTP
Junior Member
USA
308 Posts |
Posted - 05 Apr 2002 : 07:12:41
I saw a story about this on a news site about 15 minutes before seeing this post. I went in and turned off all the spam settings pretty quickly.AnubisTTP
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Macs Liberated:15 |
scchicago
Full Member
USA
936 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2002 : 13:38:56
I just have a seperate spam address.
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raWr
Junior Member
Tuvalu
491 Posts |
Posted - 27 Apr 2002 : 01:04:35
Me too. Crude AND effective. What more could you possibly ask for?-raWr Fleet Covert Ops
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