Silicon.com’s Spam Report offers some excellent analysis of paid-for e-mail and what it means.
My personal opinion is that there are too many different variables for this paid-for feature to become a success. After all, some people use the spam filtering software on their mail clients to sort out junk, and paid-for status isn’t going to change that. Also, like everything else, spammers will find a way to take advantage of this service despite all the protocols put in place to prevent them from doing so.
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Peter Bowyer 02.07.06 at 2:29 pm
I think you can rely on AOL knowing how to let paid-for email through, and only paid-for email. And since the vast majority of AOL members use AOL’s customised client software, it’s easy for them to highlight ‘certified’ email in a way that stands out for the reader, and not get it caught in spam filters.