Liberal political action group MoveOn.org is organizing a petition drive against America Online’s certified email service, whereby advertisers could pay a per-message fee to guarantee their messages will bypass AOL’s spam filtering technologies and be delivered directly to AOL users. Claiming the service amounts to an “email tax” by granting large email senders preferential access to AOL users mailboxes, while leaving other email users (like small businesses, friends, family members, charities, and co-workers) in the dark, wondering if their mail will get through.
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