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Yahoo Reminds Users That 'No' Doesn't Mean 'No'

Posted by michael on from the jurt-trying-to-be-helpful dept.

rawg writes "Looks like Yahoo is resetting their 'Marketing Preferences' again. In an email I received from Yahoo today it states, 'Starting January 1, 2004, Yahoo! will begin to send you messages, via email or postal mail, about our own products and services. You can control the types of messages you receive by visiting your Marketing Preferences at any time'. It also states, 'And, as always, you can delete your Yahoo! account altogether at any time, for any reason, by going to the deletion page.' I deleted my Yahoo account a month ago. I guess they are lying, because I'm still getting their SPAM."

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  1. I got one of these as well by Hayzeus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Amusingly enough, though, SpamAssassin filtered it out and it ended up in my spam folder.

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  2. Whatever by Quasar1999 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yahoo ignores my preference to not get spammed by them, I ignore all software EULA's that I click through... I think it's a fair trade... :)

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  3. o_0 by nubbie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Internet portal Yahoo may want to think about changing its advertising slogan from "Do You Yahoo?" to "You DO Yahoo."

    More like "Yahoo DO You."

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  4. that does it! by Savatte · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm going back to using the telegraph and smoke signals.

    1. Re:that does it! by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 4, Funny

      unfortunately comma it is entirely impossible to make telegraph jokes on slashdot stop lameness filter encountered stop post aborted emphasis reason colon dont use so many caps stop its like yelling stop

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  5. No means um maybe by falcon5768 · · Score: 4, Funny

    no really we KNOW you want to say yes, wait you said no??? huh I cant here you it sounded like yes. whats that? you said no you would love to have our spa.. er I mean emails sent to you well you asked for it....

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  6. Remember in highschool there was this really cute by eclectro · · Score: 5, Funny


    girl that everybody liked. But she told you "No" and you wondered if "No" really meant "Yes" afterall.

    But her parents had to call your parents to clarify that "No" really meant "No" for really positive for sure.

    It's like that.

    Maybe it was just me.....

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  7. Re:Set your email prefs... by Zed2K · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whats even better is set your addresses (home and work) to yahoo's addresses.

    Home Address:
    106 Front Street East
    Toronto, Ontario M5A 1E1
    Canada
    416-341-8605

    Yahoo! Inc.
    701 First Avenue
    Sunnyvale, CA 94089
    United States
    408-349-3300

  8. Re:Remember in highschool there was this really cu by Lxy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Putting linux on a girl's computer without her consent is a bad rap for the open source movement. Educate her, yes, but forcing her to switch after she said no is bad karma.

    Wait... we're talking about linux, right?

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