AOL Users alert

[AGD-OfficeGal]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060301/D8G2PCE88.html

We don't do a lot of mass mailing - only occasionally to dealers - but because we do it at all, my email address could wind up getting marked as a junk mailer at AOL.

I urge dealers especially to get an alternate email address from gmail, hotmail, etc., or to get a real ISP ... but even regular customers who use AOL should be aware that if AOL goes ahead with this plan, you might find yourself unable to receive email correspondence from AGD-USA.

If you're looking for a good flexible anti-spam tool, I recommend MailWasher Pro:

http://www.firetrust.com/firetrustpro.html

Marcia
AGD-USA

[Lohman446]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/200...D8G2PCE88.html

We don't do a lot of mass mailing - only occasionally to dealers - but because we do it at all, my email address could wind up getting marked as a junk mailer at AOL.

I urge dealers especially to get an alternate email address from gmail, hotmail, etc., or to get a real ISP ... but even regular customers who use AOL should be aware that if AOL goes ahead with this plan, you might find yourself unable to receive email correspondence from AGD-USA.

If you're looking for a good flexible anti-spam tool, I recommend MailWasher Pro:

http://www.firetrust.com/firetrustpro.html

Marcia
AGD-USA

I beleive you can turn off all filters on your own e-mail account (I have on my AOL account) and allow all mail to go through. This still gets me all the junk mail of course, but it also makes sure mail I want is not filtered out.

[Arstron]

I belive this will cause the "junk" email to not enter your email box at all, the emails will simply be deleted before they get to your account at all. I belive yahoo is also considering this...

[buzzboy]

Huh, I didn't really like aol in the first place but that is, well.....

gmail rules

[hitech]

gmail rules

you AOL people just need a real ISP!

[personman]

Haha what the hell
Like AOL needs any more money.. give me a break

[thecavemankevin]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/200...D8G2PCE88.html
or to get a real ISP ...

haha

[Dayspring]

Seeing as how I know something about this...

This whole thing is called Goodmail. It really only affects people on what AOL calls their "Enhanced Whitelist." It's a list of email service providers (ESPs) that are on above friendly terms with the ISP. You need a spam complaint ration of less than .2% in order to qualify. (Their regular whitelist is a higher complaint percentage. Something like .5%) Goodmail is done on a price/email basis (normal email prices are fractions of a penny per email.) What Goodmail will do is to guarantee placement in the inboxes of AOL (and Yahoo! eventually). Does this mean that non-Goodmail email will get blocked? No. Not at all. Is this system more for the mass email marketers? You betcha. As AGD probably doesn't send more than 1000 emails a month, it's really a non-issue. If you were a mass marketer that did millions/month, then I'd say it would be an issue (and you wouldn't be doing that anyway, I'd hope you'd contract that kind of work out to somebody with ISP relations).

In closing- is it something that the larger email marketing community is worried about? Yes. Because we don't know how many ISPs will sign on. Plus, it adds a cost on top of the normal per/email delivery charge. Is it something that AGD needs to worry about? No. Just include in your email a disclaimer that says "to ensure delivery to your inbox, please add **email** to your address book."


If you have any other questions about this, please feel free to contact me directly. I may not be the expert, but I know people who are and can get the answers you need.

[CKY_Alliance]

I beleive you can turn off all filters on your own e-mail account (I have on my AOL account) and allow all mail to go through. This still gets me all the junk mail of course, but it also makes sure mail I want is not filtered out.

You can but there are some email addresses, like some major corporations or buisesses aol will block from any user and you have to fight with them for months,and in my case i never did get anywhere with them...i had that problem with blizzard password recovery..so your better off just making an alternate accnt incase aol decides they dont want agd sening emails to there members...

[Glickman]

i trust you guys, but your third party dealers could make a quick few grand by selling addresses to advertisement companies.

/shrug

[Hexis]

AOL just went live with the Goodmail setup.

The basic idea is for companies that send out a ton of email as advertising can now pay AOL to allow their mail to bypass the normal anti-spam filters. This level of bulk email involved dwarfs any mass AGD emailing.

Marcia, there is nothing about this that will effect you. They are not looking to charge normal companies that may send some (even what you would think of as mass) messages to AOL users. It's really nothing to worry about.