They may upload a subset. I'd bet a cold one that they don't upload the
whole file. Mine's pushing 60MB. Even on my DSL, that'd take quite a while
to upload. On a dialup, it might never complete.

"Mark Horn" <mark[at]hornclan.com> wrote in message
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On 2005-05-13, harrelsonesq <harrelsonesq2[at]yahoo.com> wrote:
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I like downloading transactions, too. But I don't have a passport
account. Are you on Money 2005? Are you using Yodlee? I don't
like downloading transactions that much. I don't like the idea
that my entire Money file can be surrupticiously uploaded to the
MSN website without being told that it's happening.

Better that than stuff for my major ego, if it's anything like the regular
mail, which I increasingly have to shred before anyone sees it.

And -- in response to the other post -- I actually LIKE being able to
download transactions. To me, that's half the point of using personal
finance software.

However, I do agree that it is getting to be a less positive experience than
it used to be. That, IMO, is unfortunate, because it had a lot of potential,
before the trend started turning toward merchandising rather than customer
service.

smh

"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
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MS Money is a pretty good program. The key to enjoying it is

1. Completely AVOID Passport. Your experience argues for this.
2. Completely AVOID Yodlee. This is automatic if your avoid Passport.
3. Keep (back up) one or more versions of your data file. The goal is to
always have a (slightly old) version that is not corrupt. So far,
one backup copy has sufficed for me. Your mileage may vary.
--
David Arnstein
arnstein+usenet[at]pobox.com

Now you will get marketing targeted to your alter ego.

"harrelsonesq" <harrelsonesq2[at]yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On 2005-05-12, harrelsonesq <harrelsonesq2[at]yahoo.com> wrote:
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Wow! Well told story. I didn't see the final twist coming. But I'm
left hanging: are you still using passport on your money file?
If so, why?

I just did something stupid (again) and want to warn everybody else who
signs iinto their Money file with a passport. (I know, Dick, I know) It took
a few annoying minutes to fix, but I want to save someone else the trouble.

I don't subscribe to MSN, but I have used the My MSN page since it debuted
in 1996 or thereabouts. It was much better then, but that's another gripe.
Today, when I clicked on its shortcut in my Favorites menu, I was confronted
by a new sign-in screen, asking intrusive personal questions. I don't like
answering stuff like my birth date, & generally try to BS them one way or
another, so when I saw, below the "year" field, "Example: 1999," I decided
to get cute & enter "1999."

Well, then it thought I was a child, & told me I needed my parents'
permission to sign in. I started that process, but it got even more
intrusive than it had been in the first instance, & I said something like
"screw this" but not quite, & quit. I was sorry I wouldn't be able to use My
MSN anymore, but not that sorry. Then it struck me.

Sure enough, I couldn't open my Money file. Until, that is, I went back &
answered all the intrusive stuff I had balked at before, plus more of the
same, to prove I was really an adult. Now I can access my data again.

I still lied though.

Susan