acptulsa
04-23-2011, 10:33 AM
Once upon a time I set up a Yahoo email account. I've made bigger mistakes in my life, but not often.
Now it is sending spam to people in my name. So, I said enough of this. It was a handy spambox to use when I wanted to participate in a poll but didn't want to deal with the spam. Since any Yahoo account will be full of spam soon enough anyway, I figured it didn't matter. Now I discover it not only attracts the stuff like a spam magnet, but it uses your account to cover the spammers. Yahoo is now responsible for more spam than Armour Foods--and the latter has been generating spam since before I was born.
So, once again I set off in vain to find a way to close the account, or contact someone who can close the account. All I found besides an electronic runaround system is an official message that they know all about it and we should all change our passwords and update our firewalls. This in spite of the fact that this all came about during a period when I had not been in contact with my spam box Yahoo account for months and months and my current computer had not been in contact with it at all (and had no record whatsoever of that password).
And I am not allowed to close the offending account, at least not by navigating any logical responses offered by the actual Yahoo software.
Does anyone know how to get the Yahoo Albatros off one's neck? Or do we poor fools need to set up a class action lawsuit to get these accounts closed?
Now it is sending spam to people in my name. So, I said enough of this. It was a handy spambox to use when I wanted to participate in a poll but didn't want to deal with the spam. Since any Yahoo account will be full of spam soon enough anyway, I figured it didn't matter. Now I discover it not only attracts the stuff like a spam magnet, but it uses your account to cover the spammers. Yahoo is now responsible for more spam than Armour Foods--and the latter has been generating spam since before I was born.
So, once again I set off in vain to find a way to close the account, or contact someone who can close the account. All I found besides an electronic runaround system is an official message that they know all about it and we should all change our passwords and update our firewalls. This in spite of the fact that this all came about during a period when I had not been in contact with my spam box Yahoo account for months and months and my current computer had not been in contact with it at all (and had no record whatsoever of that password).
And I am not allowed to close the offending account, at least not by navigating any logical responses offered by the actual Yahoo software.
Does anyone know how to get the Yahoo Albatros off one's neck? Or do we poor fools need to set up a class action lawsuit to get these accounts closed?