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Learn more about sending email to AOL addresses, including commentary on the Goodmail certification program.
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AOL, Goodmail, email, marketers and certification
An overview of the situation, what marketers need to do, why it's important for email marketing, and what other people think about it (with links to various blog commentaries and other useful articles.)
Email stamps
Some thoughts on the issues, particularly with regard to implementation problems. And with selected links to related articles and blog posts.
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AOL webmail update
Clarifies how AOL webmail treats images in emails and the action you need to take as a result.
Getting email through to AOL
Takes you through the numbers you need to evaluate when deciding on the economic justification for certification. Then offers a checklist of other things you can do to boost deliverability and response rates.
Impact of email certification
Industry experts give their views on how AOL and Yahoo's use of Goodmail certification impacts on email marketing. (Feb 21, 2006)
AOL offers unlimited email storage
News on improved service offerings from this big email player.
AOL to make email free
Looks like another massive player is set to join the free email provider market.
Get Right with AOL, Part 2
Another look at how to avoid deliverability problems.
Get Right With AOL, Part 1
An example of how one company addressed some issues with emailing to AOL subscribers.
Tips for Increasing AOL E-Mail Delivery Rates, Part 1
Erm...see the title.
AOL buys Mailblocks
They intend to implement Mailblocks' challenge/response technology across their email services (as an option).
AOL To ESPs: Comply with SPF, Or Else
AOL are requiring email service providers to comply with one of the promising email authentification technologies.
Tips on AOL Email Delivery Challenges
Some insights into AOL's whitelist, site blocking and dynamic blocking email activities, plus tips on how to up your AOL deliverability rate.
AOL Floats E-Mail Reports for Marketers
Indications that AOL is considering making available deliverability reports for large-volume email marketers.
Email stamps?
Some views from big email players on the usefulness and practicalities of charging for the right to send email.
Is it time to charge for email?
A relevant commentary at ZDNet UK.
AOL testing new antispam technology
Both AOL and Yahoo are testing new protocols which would make it impossible to forge email headers.
AOL Sources Confirm Existence of New Enhanced White List
News of a new AOL whitelist and other tidbits on how to improve your results when sending to AOL subscribers.
AOL Plans Enhanced Whitelist for E-Mailers
AOL 9.0 doesn't display remotely hosted images in emails received from sources not in the recipient's address list. AOL are going to set up a whitelist for approved email marketers which bypasses this feature.
AOL 9.0 is bad news for emailers.
Insights into how the latest AOL version impacts on permission mailers, and some suggestions on how to get round the likely problems.