Anybody know how to get rid of those Yahoo instant messages?

[chaska]

Everytime I check my email I have to wade through those damned things. I keep blocking them and I've explored every option I can come up with to make them stop to no avail.

All those people (spammers) I don't know from Adam be gettin' on my las' nerve, ya'll.

[Doremus]

1. Don't use Yahoo anymore?

Get another email account elsewhere. Gmail has proven to be pretty reliable for me, but I'm sure there are many others out there.

[Zanzoobar]

2. Have you made your profile invisible?

[zbdent]

6. I did that ... and then I couldn't find it ...

"To the invisible Boat-Mobile! Now where the heck did we park it?" - Barnacle Boy

[msongs]

3. it can be done. use search for help. we did but don't recall how lol. sex ads are

a big money maker for yahoo and yahoo doesn't care if your kids get them. anything for $$ really for yahoo

[Egalitarian Thug]

4. You can click them all away at once, I'm just having a bit of trouble remembering which close

to click that gets rid of them all.

Or, you can just stop using Yahoo! Google is bad enough, but Yahoo! is downright republican. Besides, their software is just terrible.

[chaska]

5. Yeah, I know. It is just terrible.

But it's just kind of home at this point. I've been there so long, my whole life is tangled up in there.

[chaska]

7. Has anyone tried DuckDuckGo?

I'm kind of pissed at google after the whole privacy flap (even though I do have a gmail account ... that I never use). I switched to duckduckgo because they don't monitor your movements the way google does. I've been pretty well pleased with them.

[Egalitarian Thug]

12. Duck Duck Go is the default search engine for Firefox for Linux and it does not collect or sell

user info. Startpage.com is another good one, but neither has the goodies you get from the data sellers.

[chaska]

14. Goodies?

Am I missing out on something by using duckduck?

[Egalitarian Thug]

16. E-mail, chat, social stuff and the like.

Oh, and I didn't mention that startpage.com uses the Google engine, it just anonymizes you and blocks the customization/tracking stuff.

[daaron]

18. Yah. I prefer Startpage.com (aka IxQuick.com).

Secure, proxies, no IP tracking.

For mail, I've taken to using mail.com. I call my other emails (yahoo, hotmail, etc.) 'spam magnets', and use them for anything and everything other than human beings I've met face-to-face.

[Egalitarian Thug]

19. LOL! That's what I keep that one Yahoo! account for, I call it my spam catcher.

I think Duck Duck is secure as well.

[flamingdem]

8. Yes, sign out of Messenger nt

[chaska]

9. You make that sound so simple. Why is it that I feel like it's not so simple?

[flamingdem]

10. It is! Try it and you'll see nt

[chaska]

11. I'm goin' in....

If I don't return, remember me to your children. Tell them that, against all odds, I did indeed fight the good fight.

Farewell.

[chaska]

13. I have returned triumphant!

Raise a glass of ale to the stout and hardy Chaska ... and forget me to your children.

Yeah, I found it. There were many perils in the labyrinth but I, the mighty Chaska, did overcome them all.

Thanks to you all, me hale and hearty DUers!

Here's the link to how to do it, for any who might need it: http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&y=PROD_MAIL_ML&locale=en_US&id=SLN3606

[Jazzgirl]

15. Yay!!!

[flamingdem]

17. PS don't feel bad

you didn't realize it... I had to get totally annoyed before I googled on it.. and I felt the same way, that wuz e-z!