I didnt mean MS SQL service specifically. I meant a high-end DB like Oracle, MySql,
MS-SQL. The point is not keep on using access.
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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:30:10 -0400
>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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