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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. a real user-friendly feature for Yahoo mail by NumLk · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I use yahoo mail myself, and saw the message yesterday. Quite honestly, it doesn't bother me, companies evolve, businesses change, etc. etc. etc. Sometimes policies need to be updated, and, as long as it isn't a weekly thing, I'm ok with it. What I would like is a 100% simple, opt-me-out-of-all-marketing button. I.E. make the "This message is Spam" button in Yahoo automatically take me off Yahoo's mailing list if I mark one of their messages as Spam. Quick, concise, user-friendly, achieves the same result as going through the various screens to set my user preferences.

    Ok, rant off.

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  2. Good Yahoo Alternatives? by Houn · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Alright, I think I've had about enough. My first e-mail address was from usa.net, who was purchased by netaddress.com. I liked it because it was free, simple, and had pop access. When netaddress purchased it, and a few months later turned it into a pay service, I decided it was time to switch.

    After some research, I found that Yahoo had the largest storage size AND pop access at the time. So, I hopped on and singed up.

    And now here we are, a few years later. No more pop access, constant attempts to spam me - I think I've about exausted my patience after getting this e-mail from them this morning. So, I guess I'll do a mini Ask-Slashdot for all the peeps using Yahoo:

    What E-mail Service do YOU use/recommend?

    Or, alternatively, how much of a hastle would it be to just run my OWN mailserver? I've got a box I could do it on, but I'm worried that it'd be a pain keeping spammers from using it for outgoing if it was found (granted, I know nothing about running a mailserver).

    Anyway, for myself and all those like me, suggestions?

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