Re: Syndicate: beware of yahoo mail

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It always makes me smile how people get upset by the "free" services yahoo, 
Deja news, napster, etc), expecting that they if they use these services, they 
deserve treatment as VIP. ...

1) personally me - i might be happy that every Yahoo account user will get 
identified by the credit card. I am tired of anonymous spam mails that bombards 
our servers, for example. 

2) if somebody is not satisfied with the free services - pay for a better 
service!

3) ... or create your own services (servers, f.i. cosy web-interfaces to POP 
accounts), and then will be no need to talk how bad are others ...


/jaanis

P.S. :-) smile! i do!


> the only way i can get access to my account now, is if i enter my credit
> 
> card details to 'verify my age'.  it seems yahoo wish to use this 
> information to verify all of their users' identities.  they do not ask
> for 
> alternative forms of identification, and i have not been able to
> discover a 
> clear privacy policy on what they plan to do with the data once they
> have it.
> 
> i've sent off an extremely strongly worded letter, to them, and received
> an 
> innocuous reply, confirming that all yahoo users have to 'verify their 
> identity' using a credit card.
> please spread the word amongst your colleagues.
> 
> i'll be hunting down some alternative reliable webmail services, which 
> allow POP forwarding in the meantime.  send any suggestions you ahve for
> me 
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