OT but Important-->Check your yahoo profile to avoid spam

[Amanda]

I apologize; I ordinarily neither forward things nor spread alarmist
messages. In this case I believe it is warranted. The following came from a
quite reliable listmember of another Yahoo group I'm on. He verified it, and
I just have.

I know not all the main list members are on the peripheral lists, hence my
post to everyone.

What I think must have happened is that when Yahoo did its "routine
maintenance" or whatever, when the groups were down for a weekend a little
bit ago, everyone's marketing preferences got reset.

Everyone's in for a World O'Spam, in virtual *and* actual modes (it re-set
the ways you get information delivered to include via U.S. mail and phone!)
unless they go change it back. I just had to re-set mine. Instructions on
how to fix this egregious invasion are in the forwarded message below.

--Amandageist

----- Original Message -----
From: "Blaise de Cormeilles"
Subject: check your yahoo profile to avoid spam


> ----- Forwarded message from a Yahoo group -----
>
> **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.**
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
> This applies to anyone who has *any* form of Yahoo ID -- groups,
> messenger, email...  I've confirmed that it's for real.
>
> Blaise
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