re Spam
- Subject: re Spam
- From: j* z*
- Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 08:20:21 +1000
One of our rosesinoz members forwarded advice from someone in another group
with useful details on how to eliminate Yahoo related spam. Since following
the instructions my spam volume has decreased dramatically.
----- Original Message -----
From: <rosesinoz@yahoogroups.com>
To: <rosesinoz@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 11:48 AM
Subject: [rosesinoz] Digest Number 602
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> Hi guys, Yahoo really has their noses up your butt these days!!
They
> are now using something called "Web Beacons" to track you around
the
> net & see what you are doing.
>
> Take a look at
http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/pixels/details.html
>
> Somewhere about halfway down the page, under "Outside the Yahoo!
> Network" there is a tiny little link that lets you opt-out of their
> electronic snooping. I advise everyone to do so immediately if not
> sooner.
>
> Furthermore, Yahoo allows www.doubleclick.com to track you around
as
> well. Doubleclick is one of the companies that does a major amount
of
> the advertising on Yahoo. To get their noses out of your business
go
> to http://www.doubleclick.com/us/corporate/privacy/privacy/ad-
cookie
> at the bottom of the screen there is a big red button to click to
stop
> that nonsense.
>
> I advise you to do both of these things every now and again to
refresh
> the information. Especially if you are in the habit of cleaning
out
> your cookies frequently.
> --- End forwarded message ---