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1. Comment - AOL, Yahoo to Charge Filter Bypass Fees

   (Feb 9, 2006 - 2:00 AM)

   The only time we send mail is by verbal request for printed information on a phone call. We have only recently set up an opt-in for e-mail notifications regarding claims status. We have nothing to gain by advertising ... the only way you can get in is through military service, and in that, it's automatic. Why advertise?
   
   As far as the prattle about this-or-that.com ... this is the government. It is not .com, it is .mil ... but that's not the point; the point is that legitimate companies are being spamlisted for no apparent reason, and this new offer to slip past the spamlisting is only going to be seen as extortion.
   
   We send information to those who request it. If they're using AOL, it's not by our chosing. We simply inform them that we can't send mail there and encourage them to seek us on the web, which most of them can't figure out, hence the e-mail with links to the information they're seeking or PDF attachments of forms.

2. Comment - AOL, Yahoo to Charge Filter Bypass Fees

   (Feb 7, 2006 - 1:20 PM)

   My company, an armiture of TRICARE (the Department of Defense health plan), is spamlisted by AOL as it is, for no apparent reason. And I don't forsee us paying any fee to be able to send e-mail to their members. We'll continue telling them what we're telling them now the second we hear @aol.com: "Your ISP has decided not to accept e-mail from our company. We cannot update you on your claim/send you claim forms/send you information through e-mail."
   
   Legitimate companies will see this as a form of extortion. The only people who will pay are going to be bulk advertisers.