A coalition of some 600 organizations opposed to a scheme by America Online and Goodmail Systems to “tax” e-mail claimed on Monday that supporters of the plan have a long-term agenda to make everyone pay for exchanging electronic missives over the Net. Under the proposed plan, bulk senders of e-mail to AOL have an option to join Goodmail’s CertifiedEmail program. By joining the program and paying a per message fee, senders are guaranteed their mail will be delivered to AOL subscribers who have told the senders they want the mail.
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Coalition Claims AOL Supporters Have Two-Tier Agenda
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. March 21, 2006 08:09 AMA coalition of some 600 organizations opposed to a scheme by America Online and Goodmail Systems to “tax” e-mail claimed on Monday that supporters of the plan have a long-term agenda to make everyone pay for exchanging electronic missives over the Net. Under the proposed plan, bulk senders of e-mail to AOL have an option to join Goodmail’s CertifiedEmail program. By joining the program and paying a per message fee, senders are guaranteed their mail will be delivered to AOL subscribers who have told the senders they want the mail.