RE: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Larry Seltzer wrote:

> > > > Please re-read my example. I was supposing a (non-spam) mailing by an 
> > > > ISP of 1 million, of which 100,000 goes to AOL members, which means a 
> > > > cost of $1000.
>
> > Right. I was pointing out that in *reality*, GoodMail will bill on the 
> > *total* volume, not the volume that goes to GoodMail customers.  So if 
> > you send a mailing of 1M pieces of mail, of which *one* goes to AOL, 
> > you're *still* on the hook for $10K. 
>
> I just got off the phone with Richard Gingras, co-founder and CEO of
> Goodmail and asked him about this, among other things. As I suspected, it's
> crap. The only messages for which senders are billed are the ones processed
> by recipient ISPs (actually recipient MTAs I guess). You could send out all
> 1 million messages in your example with tokens, but only be billed for the
> 100,000 AOL customers (and any others which had Goodmail service). 
>
> And they have not finalized a rate card, but expect the cost to be in the
> neighborhood of 1/4 cent per message.
>
> I have to say I'm astonished at the amount of misinformation out there about
> this service, and some of it is so naïve I can't keep a straight face
> reading it. The Goodmail people seem to think that it's all been planted by
> their competitors (Spamhaus and the like, I suppose) but I'm more suspicious
> of credulousness in the press and a desire for a fantastic story ("Will you
> have to pay for email from now on?!?!?!")
 
People believe what they want to believe. If the facts get in the way of 
that, then the facts must be wrong, so you make up facts that support your 
belief. Read Slashdot, you'll see what I mean.

Isn't it obvious that if you don't send your email via Goodmail, then 
Goodmail won't be charging you?

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