Hey, great to see you back! :) How's the FBI these days? lol
----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline B-C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:47 PM Subject: Re: [Sndbox] Check out this email site > Hi everyone - > > Seems like it has been quite an interesting time in the 'box while I was > out - life has been a bit interesting here too for the moment. > Unfortunately, I ended up way over quota and had to delete most of my > mail :( I have been poking at today's mail and found this - more on it > later. > > In the last month, I have a. been in Atlanta for two weeks > > b. help out with my SIL's wedding in Chicago for a few days > > c. planned (in three days due to b - soooo proud of myself for pulling > it off) and taught a cooking class - will forward recipes later. No okra > this time - I promise! :) > > d. was sick for a little over a week - still recovering > > e. taken over the AR duties as well as my customer service/tech support > stuff for the company. Unfortunately, the person who had been "doing" it > is (bless her heart) poor at organizing the financial paperwork as well > as herself and equally poor at completing such boring tasks as actually > entering payments received into the computer. It is the end of the > quarter and we need to file our financial statements with the financial > information listed on the BACKS OF ENVELOPES!!!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't make > this up. Best yet, we can't fire her because she is the founder's wife > and has never done any financial anything before and doesn't want to > follow my suggestions because they're too much work. *sigh* Next week, I > get to go and clean up the mess. > > Arrrrghhhhhhh > > Anyhoo - about this runbox place. Since I am in the biz, I can tell you > you get what you pay for with email. Some warning signs I see are the > 100MB limit in your mailbox - that is, what, about a days's worth of > just Sandbox emailsw? > > Also, the AUP (listed as a TOS in this case) - be *sure* you read those > before you sign up for something like this - prohibits "transmit content > that is unlawful, harmful, abusive, threatening, defamatory, invasive, > vulgar, obscene, or that contains viruses or other similar harmful > programming;" > > In addition, if you read further down: > "Runbox does not make any warranty that Runbox Mail Manager will meet > your requirements, or the services will be uninterrupted, timely, > secure, or error-free" Gee, that doesn't sound much better than Yahoo, no? > > and > "Failure to comply with the ToS may result in the termination of your > account, with or without notice, upon which incoming email will be > returned as "undeliverable". The provisions of Sections 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, > and 11 will survive any such termination." That could be an issue if > they decide *they* or some recipient - any recipient - doesn't like > getting the spicier sandbox fare or anything else that anyone might > find objectionable for any reason. > > Also, since it is in Norway, there is effectively no live tech support - > heavens knows how long you will have to wait to get help with something. > > You can find muuuuuch better out there - don't go for these el cheapo > deals unless you know the people personally who are running it. You > should expect to pay $10-$20 a month for a reliable, inexpensive email > provider. > > > ________________________________ > > Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net ________________________________ Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
