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Comments on news posted 2007-06-13 15:30:47: Last year when AOL and Yahoo announced they'd be using Goodmail's CertifiedEmail solution, which charges mass mailers (and non-profits) a small surcharge to bypass spam filters, there was significant outrage. ..
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kyler13
Is your fiber grounded?
join:2006-12-12
Arnold, MD
| Thank you Gmail. This is ridiculous, for certain, but does it mean that paying spammers will utilize traceable mail servers? Typically when I get a spam email I didn't ask for, I have a strong desire to return several million copies of that email back to the sender. | |
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rkdriver
@cox.net
| fools Spammers, oops - I mean advertisers, will soon find this is a waste of money, as those who used to depend on their ISPs spam filter, will get their own at the desktop level.
I have never used the Cox spam filter as I did not trust it. Spam Bayes takes care of it for me, and will continue to regardless of what my service provider does.
Unfortunately, over the long haul, it looks like the one price Internet service of today is going to disappear. The first step will be charging spammers by usage, then charging web sites by usage, and eventually the individual consumer will be paying by the byte. These will definitely be looked back on as the "good old days" of the Internet. Cherish the moment. | |
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