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AOL to Charge Senders for Incoming Email

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the virtual-postage dept.

pdclarry writes "AOL announced on January 30 that it will phase out its Enhanced Whitelist service in June in favour of Goodmail CertifiedEmail, which carries an as yet unspecified per-message fee. Until now, a mailing list gets on the AOL whitelist by following good e-mail practices, such as cleaning up dead addresses, making it easy for people to leave mailing lists, and of course not sending any spam. This is all going to be thrown out the window and replaced with the payment of hard currency to Goodmail. People who can afford to pay this fee will have the privilege of reaching AOL subscribers, others will end up in junk folders. Yahoo is expected to follow down the same path."

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  1. Yeah, right! by n6kuy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I think this post was made 2 months minus a day too early...

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    If you disagree with me on social issues, then it's pretty clear that you are a narrow-minded bigot.
  2. Re:Good thing its _A_OL by aussie_a · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why would Australia On Line require people to have business headquarters in America or Canada? That's screwy if you ask me.

  3. Re:well... by xstonedogx · · Score: 0, Redundant

    LOL!