Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail

[Vicky Røde <aptgetd () gmail com>]

Drsolly wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:
>
>
> > From:                 "Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>
> > Date sent:            Sat, 4 Feb 2006 21:41:05 -0500
> >
> >
> > > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/technology/05AOL.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pag
> > > ewanted=print
> >
> > > America Online and Yahoo, two of the world's largest providers of e-mail
> > > accounts, are about to start using a system that gives preferential
> > > treatment to messages from companies that pay from 1/4 of a cent to a penny each
> > > to have them delivered. 
> >
> > All email is equal, but some email is more equal than others ...
>
>  
> Nothing wrong with that. In England, we have First Class Post and Second 
> Class Post. We also have a Bulk post rate, and a bulk sorted post rate, 
> and oodles of others.
>
> This is a step twoards the system I've been advocating. An economics 
> solution to an economics problem.
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I'm guessing this "preferential treatment" will exist within their
(aol/yahoo) networks unless their peering partners have worked out some
way to honor the priority bits. Maybe rerouting certain type of traffic
via MPLS cloud?


regards,
/virendra

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