AOL Won't Budge on Email Tax

deman1985 writes "InformationWeek reports that AOL has no intentions to budge on its use of certified email. The company today released a statement apparently in response to the vast amounts of criticism over the past week from consumers and various organizations. From the article: 'We believe more choices, and more alternatives, for safety and e-mail authentication is a good thing for the Internet, not bad,' said an AOL spokesman. 'Everything that AOL has in place today free for e-mail senders remains -- and will only improve.' The programs critics aren't so optimistic, but that doesn't seem to be hampering the company's plans. In a quote that could only be labeled short and sweet, AOL announced, 'Implementation of this timely and necessary safety and security measure for our members takes place in the next 30 days. Mark it on your calendars.'"

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Swaths

[Krach42]

'Implementation of this timely and necessary safety and security measure for our members takes place in the next 30 days. Mark it on your calendars.'

That's a pretty large swath of my calender... someone got another highlighter? Mine wore out around March 14th.

Cha-ching.

[glass_window]

What do you expect from a company that can't figure out how else to make money besides raising dialup costs?

Short and /sweet/?

[saskboy]

"In a quote that could only be labeled short and sweet"

"GO FUCK YOURSELF AOL" is also short and to the point, but far from sweet.

Re:Whatever

[flatass]

Especially if it is sent to a PO Box.