New York Times reported that Yahoo and AOL have proposed a priority email delivery system that will guaranty message delivery for quarter of cent per message. The model is similar to the one post office is using.
Nicholas Graham, an AOL spokesman points out:
The last time I checked, the postal service has a very similar system to provide different options, where you really do get assurance that if what you send is important to you, it will be delivered, and delivered in a way that is different from other mail.
This has potential to change how email is used by businesses and should other email providers follow AOL and Yahoo, curbing overwhelming spam problem could become a long awaited reality.
Dautovic 