Yahoo and its progenitors have periodically reset everyone's preferences in the past, just to keep us on our toes, and to give advertisers another shot at us. It's that time again.

In order to stop the spam, need to log in to your account and physically change your settings to "NO." You can login at the following URL - you will be prompted for your Yahoo ID and password:

http://edit.my.yahoo.com/config/eval_profile

The middle segment within the Member Information (email addresses) section has a link to: "Edit your marketing references." Click on this link and you will see all of your settings have been changed to "Yes"....meaning of course that you will receive all kinds of "offers" from Yahoo and their "partners".

Unless you wish to receive even more junk mail than you are already getting, you may want to go through the entire page and choose whether to receive such notices. Also, right at the bottom of the page are other ways you could be notified - by phone or postal mail. Unless you wish to receive unsolicited phone calls and paper junk mail, you will need to change these settings to "NO" also.

Once you have finished your selections, make sure you click on the "Save Changes" button right at the bottom of the page.