AOL is going to implement Goodmail’s cryptographic CertifiedEmail program and phase out its IP-based Enhanced Whitelist. AOL will add a “˜trust symbol’ to messages sent by the program. Members who receive email with the “˜trust symbol’ will know that the email is from an authenticated sender.


AOL is going to implement Goodmail’s cryptographic CertifiedEmail program and phase out its IP-based Enhanced Whitelist. The certification program will protect AOL members from email fraud and phishing.

AOL is going to add a “˜trust symbol’ to messages sent by CertifiedEmail senders. The symbol will appear in the inbox and in the message window. Members who receive email with the “˜trust symbol’ will know that the email is from an authenticated sender.

AOL blocks the display of images and hyperlinks on high-volume messages, except messages from senders who are on the AOL Enhanced Whitelist. Now AOL will also allow senders who have gone through accreditation from Goodmail to display images and hyperlinks by default.

Charles Stiles, AOL’s postmaster, said: “The amount of accreditation that’s required to get on the Enhanced Whitelist is not really appropriate for the level of permission we’re giving here. With Goodmail, they’re able to certify the entity as a whole, not just a certain IP address.” [Source]

The Enhanced Whitelist program will be phased out initially by lowering the complaint threshold in April. This will reduce the number of IP addresses in the program. At the end of June, the Whitelist program will be eliminated. All senders who have not yet signed up have to sign up with Goodmail to be able to send and receive email.

A message that is sent through the Goodmail CertifiedEmail program will be embedded with a cryptographically secure token. Only when the token has been detected by the ISP, the message is delivered.

CertifiedEmail is available through email technology providers such as Port 25, StrongMail, ColdSpark, and Sendmail.

 

 

 

 

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