Ivan,

I can back this. I opened 3 Yahoo member accounts with different email
addresses for different purposes, and did not receive any spam so far. Of
course, when opening the account, you must uncheck all the pre-checked
options for "information" they want to supply you with. If you do that, no
problem.

Mit freundlichem Gru�
Kind regards

Gisbert Auge
N.A.T. GmbH
www.nateurope.com

Matt wrote on 03.10.2002 16:27:21:

>Ivan,
>
>I'm a member of about a dozen Yahoo groups and have gotten *zero* spam
>because of them (I know because I set up separate email addresses just
>for Yahoo -- just in case, then I could track it's source). If you do
>sign up and get a Yahoo ID, make sure your user preferences are set to
>all opt-out of any Yahoo third party email (this is where I think lots
>of people go wrong). That will keep you spam-free.
>
>As far as harvesting email addresses goes... Yahoo obscures your email
>address on all web site posts (public view) so that makes harvesting
>very difficult also.
>
>I was really really skeptical of Yahoo groups in the beginning, but
>unless things change I'm very happy with their privacy policy.
>
>Matt Pobursky
>Maximum Performance Systems
>
>On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 09:53:57 -0400, Bagotronix Tech Support wrote:
>>>While it is true that you do have to sign up as a member of Yahoo!
>>>Groups, once you have done that you are free to join any of the
>>>Yahoo! Groups that have "Open Membership".
>>
>>How much spam do I have to sign up for?
>>
>>Seriously, one reason why I like the TechServ list is that AFAIK they
>>don't sell it to spammers. �And no one who isn't in the PCB biz is
>>likely to be lurking and harvesting e-mail addresses.
>
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