Chad wrote:

>So it is *possible* but not very likely the member who told me he
>was receiving a lot of spam had his email address revealed by
>being a Yahoo Groups member. But in my opinion, this is a
>relatively low-risk online service, and he could be getting spam
>from any number of sources. In my own case, I have no reason
>to think any spam I receive is because of Yahoo Groups.

Actually, Chad, there's a good chance there is.
I'm on a few Yahoo Groups and the following
message went out on a couple of them alerting
list members that Yahoo itself is the guilty
culprit. But it has nothing to do with anyone
"seeing" your e-mail address on posts.

The following message is absolutely true, it
happened to me. If you're signed up for ANY
egroups/yahoogroups, you have to change your
marketing preferences, as stated below.

-peter


>The group should be aware that Yahoo has without your permission, changed
>your preferences so that it appears that you actually WANT to receive junk
>email. Here's a heads up from a related Yahoo group:
>
> > I've just been alerted by a friend that Yahoo has just made a
> > sneaky change to everybody's 'Marketing Preferences', the result
> > of which will be a load of spam. So, I've just been in and changed
> > back what they've done so that I won't be receiving their ads!
> > They had changed ALL of my *No's* to *Yes!*
> >
> > Here's what you need to do:
> >
> > 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 those Yes's back to
> > No's! Click Save Changes
>
> > Also, don't forget to click the "Save Changes" button or the changes won't
> > be recorded.
>