A penny for your spam

By | PC Advisor | 06 February 06

AOL and Yahoo are planning to charge firms up to one US cent to sidestep their spam filters, the BBC reports. The messages will also be marked as authentic.

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In some respects, pricing spammers out of the market would be a good thing – but what about legitimate mailings that can't afford the fees? It also isn't clear if you can opt to not receive the paid-for emails. Nice money spinner for AOL and Yahoo, mind.

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bellababy said: What would be the legitimate mailings that couldnt afford the charges maybe they shouldnt be in business anyway

J Steele said: If this is true AOL and YAHOO are acting totally irresponsibly We need to stop SPAM not validate it and make money from it ISPs should be stopping SPAM at source If AOL or YAHOO were my provider they wouldnt be for much longer if they did this

Ash1394 said: This is disgraceful behaviour on the part of AOL and Yahoo They should be stopping spam not condoning and legitimising it It puts them on a par with the spammers

PvG said: In stead of using it as another money-making scheme both AOL and Yahoo should block the spam and be of service to the community Something like this is almost enough to make me stop watching CNN and using Yahoo mail

andsome said: This is typical of companys being over eager to grab money

Andsome said: Just typical of money grabbing by these companies

david.godfrey33@btinternet.com said: This will of couse lend a legitimacy to spamming scum whose efforts are no doubt already being funded by interested third parties meanwhile the unwary are yet again forgotten

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