My only concern is this,
I start a free email service, within a year or so it grows to a point i
imail cant handle it anymore
i cant really switch systems right? i mean, i would have to recreate these
thousands of email accounts
on the new system, plus email that they have in their boxes would get lost
etc etc.
I guess one of my questions is, is imail limited by only hardware? or when
you reach a certain ammount of
users it starts slowing down alot?. If its only hardware, not a problem, i
dont have a problem upgrading hardware
every year or so, but i cant imagine moving all the users onto a new system.
Gonzalo Gil
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Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 9:30 AM
Subject: RE: [imail] Free email service
> You don't give up do you Len?
>
> > > > I offer free email service through imail and HSKI templates. Have
> > > > around a thousand users, no problems till now. Make sure that you
> > > > have an SQL database though
> > >Why do you say "Make sure that you have an SQL database though"?
> >
> > "free" ==> 1000's of clients ==>
> You don't need MS SQL server to do this. There are many
> alternatives - including using the imail database until you grow over
> 15,000-20,000 users.
>
> > too many for "desktop" Access => need "server" SQL
> >
> > 1000's of "free" Web mail clients on one machine ==> not as scaleable
> > as SMTP/POP, needs very powerful hardware $$$$$$ to support the load.
> Nope. Not at all. We have a PIII 350 256mb ram - the only
> expensive part is the harddrive - makes a big dif.
>
>
>
> > Is "free" services on expensive software/hardware/bandwidth a valid
> > business model or a $$$ black hole?
> Little secret here Len. Every month I make back more than the
> cost of Imail almost double. Maybe if you were not so narrow
> minded or such bad businessman you could as well.
>
>
> Ignore Len - he really seems to hate webmail (why be on the list?)
> and people that can make free services pay for them. You can do
> it. You can do it without buying MS SQL server. Don't go
> overboard until you grow - unless you have an audience now or a
> means to attract them - your site will grow slow. A decent PC a
> good harddrive and Imail with Ron's templates are a good start. If
> you want more info - contact me off list - if you want a bitter wet
> blanket with no vision - please by all means -contact Len off list.
>
>
> Chet
>
> Sorry to be so friggin bitter but I am really, really sick of Len's
> replies when people ask these questions. Len - you are ignorant
> on how to run such a service - so why do you just not reply when
> people ask about it?
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