Yahoo had far less to gain from a relationship with AOL than did the other companies.

We also approached Yahoo, MSN, and AOL. They all complied with our request.

Microsoft has complied with our request, as has Yahoo and AOL. We have not analyzed the data yet.

It won't reduce spam directly. AOL is already good at managing spam issues, and Yahoo is getting better. It may make it easier to filter mail, and may provide more resources for spam prevention, but it could also mean that people lose emails, and so change provider.

There were less subscriber losses at AOL. They did a decent job there.

Netscape is less and less of a priority for AOL Time Warner, and this is just another step in the slow sun-setting process of Netscape Navigator.