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AOL’s idea for the charging for bulk email sending is raising serious opposition according to the register dot com

More than 50 organisations are joining forces to protest against AOL's plan to start charging for email.

The worlds largest ISP is considering a plan to charge a fee to avoid the ISP's spam filters and guarantee that their marketing emails arrive straight in AOL subscribers' inboxes.

But 54 groups - ranging from Gun Owners of America to Oxfam America are asking AOL to rethink the decision. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is organising the protest through the website www.dearaol.com Almost 1,500 individuals have already signed up in support.

I say get over it, spammers annoy the crap out most email users and cost ISP’s money, I just wish the governments around the world would look into this idea as a base plan. It may well curb the spam industry.

# posted by Peter Saville - IT Consultant @ 12:56 AM