On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 15:25, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Sep 2009, Chuck Hast wrote:
>
>> I have been inundated with non-requested yahoo groups signups, here is
>> the latest one:
>>
>> I've added you to my ctrxcynyf group at Yahoo! Groups, a free,
>> easy-to-use service. Yahoo! Groups makes it easy to send and receive
>> group messages, coordinate events, share photos and files, and more.
>
> Happened to me. I dislike the philosophy whereby you can add a random
> person to the group, whether he likes it or not.
>
>> The first one I disregarded thinking it would go away, but then I started
>> getting these group garbage e-mails, I went to the yahoo abuse page
>> and filed on it, got the obligatory, "we respect your rights etc ad
>> nauseum"
>> e-mail, and forgot about it until a few days later when I got another
>> one,
>> again I went through the same process, and again the same e-mail, then
>> the cycle repeats again and again, how do you get rid of these things??
>>
>> Everyone of them is a nonsense group name, not a one of them makes
>> sense, it appears that it maybe some other language, but I am not sure
>> what to make of it, but it is very frustrating, I have marked them as spam
>> but new ones come in about every 2-3 days.
>
> You could blacklist the sender in your spam-checker. Alternatively, there
> used to be, when you went to the group's home page on yahoo.com, a button or
> link marked "unsubscribe". That, if still there, sounds like it would do
> the trick.
>
The first time around I went to that page to do so, but the info that the
group has is all garbage so when I tried to enter what I THOUGHT was
the correct info it did not work.. I gave up on that and started filing the
complaints with them, perhaps if I get a lawyer and go after them for
harassment I might get it fixed...
-- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal."----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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