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− | Yahoo groups contain many special interest mailing lists, including numerous ones for us scannists. Unfortunately, they
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− | also have a tendency to sign you up for a lot of services behind the scenes that you may not want - and it results in
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− | spam. It starts innocently enough - 1 or 2 a day - after that, it turns into a flood. And they don't tell you how to
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− | turn it off.
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− | As it turns out, the method is hidden somewhat, and it's a little klunky - but actually quite easy, like the famous TV
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− | magician said, 'once you know the secret'. This procedure assumes you are logged into the [http://groups.yahoo.com Yahoo groups]
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− | home page, are a subscriber, and your userid shows up roughly in the top center.
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− | 1. Under your Yahoo user ID, click on '''My Account'''
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− | 2. Supply your password, if prompted
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− | 3. This should bring you to a screen labeled '''Review my Account Information'''
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− | 4. About midway into the '''Yahoo! ID Card''' section is a link marked '''Edit Your Marketing Preferences'''
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− | 5 This will bring you to a series of pages - one has a tab on it that says '''Marketing Preferences''', the other says '''Subscriptions'''.
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− | (The '''Alerts''' page can be ignored). Uncheck the boxes for all offers and options that you don't want and make certain you hit the
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− | '''Save Changes''' button when you're done (at the bottom of the page). You must perform this same procedure on the '''Subscriptions''' page
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− | as well.
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− | Is there a catch? Well, yes there are 2, actually...
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− | 1. This procedure won't stop any spam that's already in the pipeline on its way to you. Eventually the amount of spam will start to
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− | shrink, and should stop altogether in a few days, as it evidently takes time for the new changes to be applied to your account and to
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− | catch up with what I would assume to be a bulk emailer routine.
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− | 2. If you find this procedure useful, spread it around.
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