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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 the same email.... by puppetman · · Score: 0, Redundant

    There's a link to go to your account preferences.

    I'd set mine to "no contact" when the issue came up a while back; it hadn't changed, so I expect I'll see no spam.

    I was expecting that they'd have changed them to send me spam, but it was a somewhat pleasant surprise that they hadn't.

    1. Re:I got the same email.... by pixelpusher220 · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Ditto for me. Sorta wondering what I'm missing, or are they resetting as of Jan 1?

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