Re: JUST CHANGED MY PREFERENCES --- FW: [siteplayer] Yahoo Groups Spam

[psghome2002]

I wonder if this is just for members with a Yahoo email address - I
didn't get any marketing preferences options, only 'special offers'
which were disabled anyway.

Paul.

--- In kat5-users@y..., "Keith Doxey" <keith.doxey@b...>
wrote:
> Very interesting.
>
> Lets see if this cuts down the amount of crud on the lists.
>
> Keith
>
> www.diyha.co.uk
> www.kat5.tv
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: b19063 [mailto:gtbecker@r...]
> Sent: 30 March 2002 11:31
> To: siteplayer@y...
> Subject: [siteplayer] Yahoo Groups Spam
>
>
>
> >If you're using Yahoogroups (and you probably are, since this
list
> is run through Yahoogroups), make sure you go and change your
> profile. Yahoo has just made a sneaky change to
> everybody's 'Marketing Preferences', the result of which will be a
> load of spam. To change them back here's what you need to do to
avoid
> all the ads:
>
> >Go to My Groups and click on Account Info, verify your password
if
> it asks you to, and your Yahoo ID card comes up. Click on 'Edit
your
> Marketing Preferences' and change ALL the Yes buttons to NO.
Click
> Save Changes.
>
> >I've done mine already, and I was shocked to see what they'd
signed
> me up to receive without telling me! If you actually gave them
your
> address and phone # in your profile, they've signed you up for
phone
> and postal spam as well as email. Make sure they are marked NO as
> well.
>
>
>
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> siteplayer-unsubscribe@e...
>
>
>
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