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Microsoft Will Sell Whitelist Services For Hotmail

Posted by timothy on from the get-what-you-pay-for dept.

Ec|ipse writes "Looks like Microsoft has found another way to make money, this time from spam. Microsoft has adopted a "whitelist" program (Bonded Sender by IronPort) which will allow marketers to pay Microsoft so that they are included on a special whitelist, guaranteeing uninteruptable delivery of their messages to Hotmail and MSN users. You can catch the full article at Excite. I especially like the nice naming for spammers, calling them 'marketers' sounds so much more legitimate." mgibbs adds "Hopefully the $20K fine that results from abuse of this system is enough to deter spammers."

2 of 380 comments (clear)

  1. It's also a list to avoid! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get a hold of the whitelist, and you can immediately add it to your OWN spam filter! Nice of Microsoft to offer to collect all, umm, marketers in one place...

  2. FREE VA.LIUM X-A-N-A-X no P R E S C R I P T I O N by RucasRiot · · Score: 4, Funny

    I cert.ainl.y H-O-P-E th4t it d0es a G o o d job

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    Props to GNAA!