[Hidden-tech] Goodmail spells doom for mailing lists?

[Rikk Desgres]

All email will still get through, only the Goodmail will have a stamp or an
icon next to it. Spammers will just pay the $0.025 for each email. They will
figure it's still cheaper than USPS. I don't think it will help. As much as
I hate spam, I'm NOT buying stock in Goodmail.

Rikk



on 2/17/06 1:22 PM, Jonathan Dill at jfdill at jfdill.com wrote:

>  ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group, you must be counted to post .
>  ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
> 
> 
> Has everyone heard about the changes planned by AOL, Yahoo! etc. to
> require "certification" via Goodmail or just be blocked?  There will be
> a fraction of a cent fee to send "bulk" e-mail messages.
> 
> http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3581301
> 
> http://www.goodmailsystems.com/
> 
> What will happen to a mailing list such as this one?  Will AOL and
> Yahoo! users just be out of luck or have to get an e-mail account with
> another provider in order to receive mailing lists?  Maybe this mailing
> list is small enough that the fees could be manageable, but I manage one
> mailing list for a small business that has about 45,000 subscribers.  On
> the surface, I guess the certification sounded like a good idea, but for
> a lot of organizations, like this one or any of numerous all-volunteer
> developer projects, it is going to put an unfair tax on e-mail.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
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