On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 03:13:43PM -0400, Chuck Hast wrote:
> Folks,
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
I have to wonder if you're *actually* being added to a group. For
example, on Facebook, you make a friend request, and the person has to
acknowledge it to actually become your "friend". Sounds pretty nutty
that Yahoo would allow someone to randomly add someone else to their
group. This is something that would automatically lead to abuse.
(However, I have to say that under Majordomo I can add anyone I like to
the SLUG lists, whether they want to be here or not. But then again,
we're not Yahoo.)
Paul
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