More overreaction to the Goodmail fees

I'm not surprised. If Moveon.org says "blue" I say "red." So I'm not surprised that Moveon.org has launched a campaign (dearAOL.org) to protest against AOL and Yahoo!'s plans to offer certified bulk email senders a way to deliver their messages intact (with links and images) to AOL and Yahoo! subscribers.

An article in today's New York Times explains how Moveon has built a coalition of the uninformed who believe the internet is free. It isn't. Ask any AOL subscriber. Or shareholder.

AOL and Yahoo! have said that the new plan will not change the way most bulk emails are delivered now. For anyone who isn't on their super-secret "enhanced whitelist," bulk emails are delivered, subject to spam filters, and usually without links and images intact. This is done to "protect" AOL users from porn, spam and phishing schemes. AOL users who don't want to be protected should get another connection and another email account.

I should, however, take Moveon's latest effort as comfort. Given their track record, AOL's and Yahoo!'s plan is sure to succeed.