[pyrnet] Important: Yahoo Has Changed YOUR Marketing Preferences

["Barb Bowes" <bamb@monmouth.com>]

This came to me privately, but I think we ALL need to be aware of
this! I checked it out and it is correct. I've just finished
changing mine, I'd suggest you all do the same.

Barb (see message below)





  >The following is only applicable to those list members who
have Yahoo IDs.
  >
  >You may remember when you signed up for a Yahoo ID and were
asked by them
  >if you wished to receive any "Special Offers & Marketing
Communications."
  >Yahoo recently revised  their privacy policy. As a result, and
regardless
  >if you chose to receive any of these "Special Offers" or not
when you
  >signed up for your Yahoo ID, Yahoo have set every single
person who has a
  >Yahoo ID (and those that have more than one) to "Yes" in these
preferences.
  >This means that you may well be inundated with even more junk
mail than you
  >are already receiving.
  >
  >In order to change your settings back to whatever you had them
at before,
  >you will need to log in to your account and physically change
them.
  >
  >Login at the following URL - you will be prompted for your
Yahoo ID and
  >password:
  >
  >http://edit.my.yahoo.com/config/eval_profile
  >
  >The middle segment within the Member Information (email
addresses) section has a link to:
  >Edit your marketing references. Click on this link and you
will see all of
  >your settings were changed to "Yes." Meaning of course that
you will
  >receive all kinds of "offers" from Yahoo and their "partners."
  >
  >Unless you wish to receive even more junk mail than you are
already
  >getting, you may wish to go through the entire page and choose
whether to
  >receive such notices. Also, right at the bottom of the page
are other ways
  >you could be notified - by phone or postal mail. Unless you
wish to receive
  >unsolicited phone calls and paper junk mail, you will need to
change these
  >settings to "No" also.
  >
  >Once you have finished your selections, make sure you click on
the Save
  >Changes button right at the bottom of the page.
  >
  >Yahoo is supposedly sending out notices to all its users
regarding this
  >particular change. However, it is estimated it will take
several weeks for
  >everyone to receive their notification. In the meantime ... a
considerable
  >amount of marketing mail could be making its way to everyone's
mail boxes.