qdemn7
Smurf in My Loop
Premium
join:2003-09-16
Fort Worth, TX
|  New SBC Yahoo Browser Upgrade
I REALLY don't like the new Upgrade. I'm receiving lots more Spam, (about 3x) instead of less, and I don't like the fact that the whole thing is a package. Previously I uninstalled everything except the mail client. Now there's only SBC Yahoo Applications and SBC Yahoo DSL Activation listed in Add / Remove programs.
Question: If I uninstall all the SBC Yahoo Apps, can I just reinstall JUST the mail client, without causing any problems for my accounts? I really don't need the pop-up / anti-virus / parental controls, all I want to be able to have is multiple email addresses. |
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prosecutor
Do Your Duty--Be A Juror
Premium
join:2002-11-15
Plano, TX
| My recollection is that there isn't really even a mail client, just a little web app to get the mail. I use I.E. 6 and Outlook and NONE of the SBC software. Their browser used to be a tricked up version of IE 5. If you use Win XP, another PPPoE client, or a router, you don't need ANY SBC software to use SBC Yahoo DSL. |
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jm
join:2003-09-21
Graceville, FL
 ·WildBlue
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There is no Mail client for SBC Y, just a "link" that takes you directly to mail.yahoo.com to view email. For the spam problem, make sure your spam block is on, and if your using a mail client, make sure the download bulk mail folder is not selected. IF you select the SBC Y apps in the add/remove, you will be presented with options that you can the uninstall individual apps. |
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prosecutor
Do Your Duty--Be A Juror
Premium
join:2002-11-15
Plano, TX | The funny thing is that the alleged "client," while nothing more than a link, did appear like a program in the add/remove programs database. |
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txspike
Premium
join:2002-04-03
Fort Worth, TX
 ·AT&T Southwest
 ·T-Mobile US
 ·Charter Pipeline
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i upgraded it when it first cam out and it really sucked! slowed thigns down, so i unstalled it and went back to what i had before. i Use eurdora or Yahoo mail and i have a pop up blocker and i have no need for the parent thing as no kids in the house. I have the old ver of the sbc and still have my muil. emails. Mine is fine. |
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qdemn7
Smurf in My Loop
Premium
join:2003-09-16
Fort Worth, TX | reply to qdemn7
Thanks for all your help. I did the uninstall of everything but the client and login, and now I'm happy again. 
I think this new upgrade is really a downgrade. |
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