"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote:
>
> At 10:05 AM 3/28/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
> >OK, let's see if I can figure it out again....
> >
> >Go to Yahoo, sign in, go to Account Info, give your password; you'll be at
> >a page with whatever info you gave them. Click on Marketing Preferences
> >and start setting everything to No.
>
> Unfortunately, that works only if you can actually sign in.
>
> Some time back, when Yahoo! bought up eGroups and OneList (long before they
> came up with the "opt-out" policy), they said that I had to create a
> username and password for a Yahoo! account in order to keep using the
> groups I was on. IIRC, it worked the first time, however, ever since, when
> I try to sign in I get an "invalid username or password" error
> message. Repeated requests to Yahoo! have failed to get anything but
> canned responses from their automated "help" system assuring me that their
> system is working properly. Without being able to sign in, I can't "set
> everything to 'No'" or even delete that account and start over.
OK, can you start a *new* account and attach your e-mail address (or
e-mail addresses) to the new account, and set preferences? I had to start
a new Yahoo! account at some point, and while at least one of my addresses
had been given to go with the old one, I was able to set it up for the new
one without too much trouble.
Or you could get a lawyer to draft something informing them that they have
30 days to straighten out the mess, or you sue for $X per unsolicited
e-mail received after that.
Julia
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