psx_defector
join:2001-06-09
Allen, TX
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Re: Linking yahoo account to sbcglobal.net account
said by Crypto  :
I used the yahoo messenger a lot, and thought it would be nice to show up as being online. Actually, I didnt realize I even had a yahoo mail account associated with my yahoo ID (until the spam flood started) . I thought it was strictly an IM account, and yahoo.com preferences setting.
The email account was a total shock to me, honestly, if I had realized I had a yahoo mail account with hundreds of peices of spam in it, I would never have merged them.
It affects ALL Yahoo services. Messenger, Briefcase, Bookmarks, Games, Geocities, everything. Yahoo doesnt make any ID that is only for one service. And it did say after the registration, "From now on, use this ID for all Yahoo! services."
To Yahoo, both the yahoo.com and sbcglobal.net ID are exactly the same. When you call them for premimum support, giving them either ID will open your account.
Your best bet then, as I stated, is to set a filter on your account. This will allow you to move anything addressed to your @yahoo.com email address to another folder, effectively eliminating the junk mail generated by the Yahoo ID. |
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steelerboy26
join:2002-02-24
Oakland, CA
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Re: Linking yahoo account to sbcglobal.net account BAD
I had the same thing happen. But something that is easy for me to do because I go to yahoo a lot is go to my yahoo mail first... empty my bulk folder then I open my e-mail client and only get the things that are in the "in-box" instead of my 300+ spam messages a day.
I know it's not a solution... but it's a workaround.
Goodluck,
Steeler |
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jamez818
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join:2000-09-18
Sunland, CA
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Re: Linking yahoo account to sbcglobal.net account
i also had a similar problem. My main account wasn't the e-mail address that i normally use. The main account has up to 2gb of space while the sub accounts have 100mb. I tried to swap one of my sub accounts for my main account but sbc wouldn't let me. i asked if i could delete my main account and if one of the sub accounts could take its place and they said no.2gb gone to waste. just add a sub account and use it from now on, i know its frustrating but with time you will get use to it.good luck! |
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David
No,there is another.
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join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
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Re: Linking yahoo account to sbcglobal.net account BAD
The way I understood it...
is if you merged it with the primary account (since it controls how you authenticate and such) it cannot be changed, for the radius server or LNS server would have to be changed as well. Since the Radius server does not (or as least what I have been able to apprehend) accept @yahoo.com addresses into it they are effectively merged permanently (unless you cancel the account) like sbcj said...
What I have done in the past... when you create a subaccount you can unmerge the yahoo account with that one... but only on subaccounts not the primary...
What I kind of wished that SBC would think of (now and then it pops in my head and don't ask me why) is make the main account like this
•(insert your dsl telephone number here)@sbcglobal.net
and create this as like your own personal spam account. While setting up a name you like for the other 9 you have.
This could solve a few problems such as
• changing the password on the subaccount does not affect the main account. So if you use the main account into a 3rd party router you have, it is unaffected and is still signed on.
• All spam could go to that mandatory account (thus anything that you think you will get spammed can go there.. like a digital trash can.)
• with doing this the subaccount, if a yahoo ID is merged it can be unmerged with little to no impact at all, and the primary merging/unmerging yahoo accounts problem no longer exists. |
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rug1000
join:2003-01-26
Louisville, KY
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Re: Linking yahoo account to sbcglobal.net account
Actually, I had the same problem. Didn't realize I had a yahoo mail account, just had an account signed up for games. I linked the accounts together so that I could log in to games with my yahoo id instead of the email address and have the all star icon next to my name. I'm now getting 200 spam emails a day because my yahoo name is such an easy one for the spammers to generate with their software.
But I'm voting with my money. SBC will NOT get a renewal on their contract in august when my contract with them expires and this is one of the main reasons (tougher situation for you as you just entered your 1 year contract)! Let us de-link these accounts! I hope they get the picture that this is not a good idea for customer relations and will at some point fix this problem, because it is a problem. The idea of being able to link the accounts is great. Sometimes the results could be disastrous and we should be able to undo it. I am the customer and I will dictate what the problems with my account are, and my money says so; don't try telling me or anyone else that has had a problem with it that it is not a problem. It's definitely a problem for us as you can see by our frustrations!
My workaround solution as I've never given out my yahoo email address to anyone I know, is to take all messages sent to that address and create a folder called yahoo bulk and create a rule to just send those directly to that folder (yahoo spam filter hasn't done a good job of catching a lot of this spam). Each time i log in, i go to that folder, select all and press delete. Lots of times many emails will get through because the spams aren't directly sent to my email address, sent to somebody else @yahoo.com (I'm probably a bcc) and will get into my inbox and won't be caught as spam. I'm reluctant to set up a rule that if I'm specifically not in the "to" line, to send it to the bulk folder because that may catch too many emails (especially if a friend sends an email and I'm a bcc). But doing the above has drastically reduced the amount of spam that shows up in my inbox.
Just wanted to let you know you're not the only one with this problem and that I feel your pain.
Also, can someone from SBC on this forum please give a detailed explanation of why we can't de-link the accounts? Specifically, how does it harm SBC and Yahoo to do this?
Thanks,
Rug |
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richk_1957
If ..Then..Else
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join:2001-04-11
Minas Tirith
| reply to Crypto
Re: Linking yahoo account to sbcglobal.net account BAD
This would depend on whether it is linked to a ACCOUNT or a E-MAIL ADDRESS.
If it's linked to an e-mail address, and you can have multiple ones, create a new one & make that your primary.
The all the junk will go to your old e-mail address.
If it's linked to the account....sorry:(
I've heard of this happening with other ISP's, though. |
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