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Author:  soce,the elemental wizard [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:26 pm ]
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http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story? ... 888&page=1

This doesn't seem good to me. Thoughts?
Author:  InterruptorJones [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:34 pm ]
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I think the salient sentence is this one: "He also emphasized that businesses will still be able to send e-mails but they will have to run the gantlet of spam filters."

As long as your messages don't look like spam, you don't have anything to worry about and won't have to pay the "e-mail tax."

However, my opinion is hugely biased in this matter because I am a bona fide employee of an AOL subsidiary.
Author:  Kevin DuBrow [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:39 pm ]
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Thoughts: Thank GOD I don't use AOL. Friggin' overrated piece of crap.
Author:  Stu [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:20 pm ]
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Jones is working for the man... I never would have guessed.

There goes all your cred out the window :)
Author:  Jello B. [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:26 pm ]
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Stu wrote:
There goes all your cred out the window :)


Woah, sweet, free cred...10...20..30...

Aww, crap! I'm just short of becoming an admin!
Author:  InterruptorJones [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:35 pm ]
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Stu wrote:
Jones is working for the man... I never would have guessed.

There goes all your cred out the window :)


If it makes you feel any better, I'm really just an independent contractor. Like the guys who built the Death Star. Image

...jeez, I hope nobody finds AOL's secret exhaust port.
Author:  Stu [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:37 pm ]
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It's a trap.
Author:  StrongRad [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:38 pm ]
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InterruptorJones wrote:
Stu wrote:
Jones is working for the man... I never would have guessed.

There goes all your cred out the window :)


If it makes you feel any better, I'm really just an independent contractor. Like the guys who built the Death Star. Image

...jeez, I hope nobody finds AOL's secret exhaust port.


Hey, you knew the risk when you took the job!

From the way the article was written, it sounds like you're only charged if you want your emails to bypass the spam filters.

*jumps out the window to catch Jones' cred*
Author:  Jello B. [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:06 pm ]
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StrongRad wrote:
*jumps out the window to catch Jones' cred*


Woah, that cred is mine, man. I took it, like, 3 posts ago. You'll have to duel me to the death for it.
Author:  Funkmaster Hoff [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:26 pm ]
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*duels*

*wins*

*takes cred*
Author:  StrongRad [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:32 pm ]
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You guys can fight all you want over who claimed it, but you're standing in the room, and it went out the window. I dove out the window to get it (so I'm where it is)... I win

Toastpaint.

When I first saw "email tax" I thought about the chain email that I used to get all the time many moons ago. I thought this was the same thing. Thankfully, it's not.
Author:  ramrod [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:29 am ]
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Hmm....maybe I should switch my main e-mail source from Yahoo to Hotmail...
Author:  Jello B. [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:30 am ]
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ramrod wrote:
Hmm....maybe I should switch my main e-mail source from Yahoo to Hotmail...


I'll give you a Gmail account as long as you DON'T USE HOTMAIL.Eww.
Author:  ramrod [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:36 am ]
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Jello B. wrote:
ramrod wrote:
Hmm....maybe I should switch my main e-mail source from Yahoo to Hotmail...


I'll give you a Gmail account as long as you DON'T USE HOTMAIL.Eww.
I use Hotmail so I can use MSN messenger. That way I can talk to DG and Kiki and all the other people that don't have YIM and AIM.
Author:  Cybernetic Teenybopper [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:15 am ]
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Hotmail schmotmail. I don't care so long as it's free. *has two free mailboxes since her regular e-mail got too filled up with spam*
Author:  Puphles [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:49 am ]
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Cybernetic Teenybopper wrote:
*has two free mailboxes since her regular e-mail got too filled up with spam*
That's why you use an email provider with a good spam blocker.
Author:  Kevin DuBrow [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:53 am ]
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I have always used Yahoo! for my email purposes and it works really well. I would get Yahoo! if I was you, ramrod.
Author:  Code J [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:01 am ]
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And that, my friends, is why gMail is the best.
Author:  breadtangle o' pizza [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:02 am ]
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Actually, an MSN account is tied to an email address, not Hotmail account. Basically, you can register a new MSN account (actually Passport, but that's a different story) with a new email address - not necessarily from Hotmail.
Author:  Jello B. [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:52 am ]
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breadtangle o' pizza wrote:
Actually, an MSN account is tied to an email address, not Hotmail account. Basically, you can register a new MSN account (actually Passport, but that's a different story) with a new email address - not necessarily from Hotmail.


Exactly. That's what I do. I just use my jellobmello gmail address with my passport 'cause I got sick of jello_b_mello@hotmail.com .
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