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ZDNet: Angry Users - Yahoo's Setting Spam Bait

URL: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-871803.html
ODP description: Jim Hu writes: "Some Yahoo members on Friday reacted angrily to changes in the Web portal's e-mail marketing practices, comparing the company's revised policy to an open invitation to spam."
Page title: Angry users: Yahoo's setting spam bait | Tech News on ZDNet
Page description: Angry users: Yahoo's setting spam bait | Yahoo changes the default on its marketing preferences page, requiring members to opt out of bulk e-mail pitches. Though it sends out a notice, some users are not amused. |

Wired News: Yahoo's 'Opt-Out' Angers Users

URL: http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2002/04/51461
ODP description: Michelle Delio writes: "In e-mail messages that began going out last week, Yahoo advised its users that their account preferences had been changed, by Yahoo, to indicate that they wanted to receive advertising solicitations through spam, snail mail and telephone."
Page title: Yahoo's 'Opt-Out' Angers Users
Page description: In an e-mail that begins,

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