Seems that Bigmailbox is tightening up the wallet and ending it's free service per the email I just received

start of email:
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Dear Webmaster:

Due to overwhelming demand for service and associated capacity issues,
BigMailBox's free advertising-supported e-mail program will be suspended on
5/10/02. You may choose to apply for our "Special Delivery" paid program to
continue service.


Our premiere service level, "Special Delivery," offers co-branded "no
banner" service in exchange for your monthly service payment. Special
Delivery program provides the following services:

* 100% 468x60 banner control
* Removal of 88x31 button banners
* Removal of POPUP ads
* Removal of Exit POPUP ads
* Removal of Splash page
* Removal of Internet Search Box/Links
* Removal of BigMailBox corporate signature line

Mailboxes/Usernames @ Fee

1 - 99 @ $9.99/month
100 - 249 @ $39.99/month
250 - 499 @ $74.99/month
500 - 999 @ $139.99/month
1000 - 2499 @ $249.00/month
2500 - 4999 @ $499.00/month
5000 - 9999 @ $899.00/month
10,000 - 14,999 @ $1399.00/month
15,000 - 19,999 @ $1999.00/month
20,000+ @ inquire


Webmaster's credit card will be charged once at the beginning of each month
as outlined in the license fee tier.

To sign up for service please, contact billing@bigmailbox.com to request a
Special Delivery application.

Just got that email today as well... Almost a hundred bucks a month for 250 webmail accounts seemd kinda pricey too. :rolleyes:

Seems the way of the world. We had a customer using everyone.net, who wanted to be swapped over to BigMailBox when everyone.net started to charge for service. Now he's just canned his freemail service as more and more drop off the free radar.

Greg Moore.

Originally posted by avara
Just got that email today as well... Almost a hundred bucks a month for 250 webmail accounts seemd kinda pricey too. :rolleyes:

Yeah.... very exensive, especially if you have a lot of inactive accounts...

Originally posted by MilkMan
Seems that Bigmailbox is tightening up the wallet and ending it's free service per the email I just received

start of email:
----------------------------------

Dear Webmaster:

Due to overwhelming demand for service and associated capacity issues, BigMailBox's free advertising-supported e-mail program will be suspended on 5/10/02. You may choose to apply for our "Special Delivery" paid program to continue service.


Wow, they gave you a date on when your account would be canceled? When I recieved my email, it said free email service would be suspended immediately.

I havent gotten an email yet. Are they making existing clients pay? I have just over 2000 clients, I would much rather throw them on my own server.

While I've never used these guys, the pricing may be a bit closer to what you're looking for. If I was basing my business off of offering free email accounts, then maybe I'd be willing to pay good money, but if I did this, it would just be offering accounts for the heck of it, off domains that I couldn't figure out what else to use for...

Anyhow...

Single domain:
http://www.netmongol.com/nm_m/single_domain.html

Multiple Domain:
http://www.netmongol.com/nm_m/multiple_domain.html

If anyone uses these guys, please comment on the service (as I make this recommendation quite blindly).

Originally posted by Chicken
While I've never used these guys, the pricing may be a bit closer to what you're looking for. If I was basing my business off of offering free email accounts, then maybe I'd be willing to pay good money, but if I did this, it would just be offering accounts for the heck of it, off domains that I couldn't figure out what else to use for...

Anyhow...

Single domain:
http://www.netmongol.com/nm_m/single_domain.html

Multiple Domain:
http://www.netmongol.com/nm_m/multiple_domain.html

If anyone uses these guys, please comment on the service (as I make this recommendation quite blindly).


That seems a lot more reasonable than BigMailBox

I agree. In the neighborhood of $100 (take $25), you get between 10,000-15,000-ish accounts, which seems more than reasonable. What I'm not sure of is the service (as we all know, spending $100 on something that doesn't work well isn't worth it either), as I've never personally used it, nor had anyone ever comment on it.

This service or that....they have to earn money. So ultimately, every service will either increase their charges or start charging. Nobody can offer it for free for long periods based on only advertising revenue (which we all know....clicks much less now if you don't plan it).

Unless they already have millions before they start the company :)

I use(d) bigmailbox for my 2 domains, forums232.com and gamerz232.org

I dunno what im gonna do now! a hefty chunk of my traffic is from people checking email!

maybe I will just slop it on my server using web based mail or something....

Is there any way to limit the number of sign-ups? Just wondering.

They probably do that on their site, Lain.

Originally posted by Chicken
While I've never used these guys, the pricing may be a bit closer to what you're looking for. If I was basing my business off of offering free email accounts, then maybe I'd be willing to pay good money, but if I did this, it would just be offering accounts for the heck of it, off domains that I couldn't figure out what else to use for...

Anyhow...

Single domain:
http://www.netmongol.com/nm_m/single_domain.html

Multiple Domain:
http://www.netmongol.com/nm_m/multiple_domain.html

If anyone uses these guys, please comment on the service (as I make this recommendation quite blindly).

Prices seem very good, only I doubt if the company will remain active for a long period.
But that's my feeling about it :)

Well, according to windows, I bookmarked it Monday, June 04, 2001 so I dunno... they aren't brand-new I can tell you that. I can't tell you how long they'll last however :D

What's the maximum file attachment sizes (for incoming and outgoing mail) for bigmailbox and netmongol.com?