E-Mail Charges

[Ian]

It looks like AOL and Yahoo may start charging companies to allow e-mails to pass through the spam filter:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4684942.stm

I'm not really sure if this would be of benefit though, as which companies would actually pay for users to receive their e-mails? It sounds like it allows demi-spam (or highly targeted spam) to be sent directly to the user. Personal e-mails should go straight through, just not ones that would trip the spam filter anyway!

I understand that they want to reduce spam, but this doesn't actually let any less get though the filters - it actually provides a way to bypass it when required

 

[V_R]

I dont see the point in that.....

Or am i missing something.

 

[muckshifter]

I dont see the point in that.....

Or am i missing something.

The money ... they are a company, all companies want to make money ... regardless of "customers".

If Yahoo go ahead I'll be looking for a new ISP ...