AOL Treats Fla. Emergency E-Mails As Spam
`Emergency managers in Indian River County, hard-hit by hurricanes last year, thought the best way to get out weather alerts was by e-mail — until they learned that AOL was tagging the messages as spam. [..]
About 4,200 people signed up for the county’s e-mail alert service, offering quick alerts on hurricanes, tornadoes and other weather emergenciess. [..]
But not everyone was receiving the alerts. “We know it’s going out but, in the heat of the moment, it’s not a reliable system,” [some guy] said.’
