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Old 10-09-2003, 02:26 PM
Ronald_Craft Ronald_Craft is offline
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I have a question that I'd like to present. Some people may think it's a bit off but I think it's an idea that could possibly work if the right market is targeted. In fact, I don't know if other companies already do this. Knowing the sheer size of the net they just might. So anyway, here's the thought I had.

3rd party email hosting. What it would basically be is say like 100 accounts for a set monthly fee. Thinking on it, for the businesses or individuals that don't want to take the time or money to hire people and/or deal with all the problems that pop up with email this might not be a bad idea. Have some one else manage it for them.

Of course, I know that most people prefer to run their own email server. But it's just an idea that might be beneficial in some shape, way or form. Any ideas?

Thanks for your time.

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Old 10-09-2003, 02:58 PM
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Watch out for spammers. =)

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Old 10-09-2003, 03:34 PM
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Other companies already do that. Many of them. In fact, at the risk of sounding like self-promotion, that's our primary business, though we're small fish in the field.

There's definately a market for it, both B2B and B2C. Mailservers are some of the most annoying things in the world to setup and maintain, and a lot of people would rather pay someone to do it than deal with the hassle themselves. It's a hard thing to advertise, though - there are only so many things you can offer to "out-spec" your competitors.

Billing can be a hassle, if you're trying to charge for bandwith used, figuring out who sent what...

And, yes, watch out for spammers. We do some pretty exhaustive checking on prospective customers to determine whether they're legit or not. It's very easy to get burnt.

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Old 10-09-2003, 04:16 PM
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ok. thanks.

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Old 10-09-2003, 08:33 PM
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Yep. That's one of our main businesses also. And I agree with Ankheg, there is a market for it (1 out of every 3 clients that signs up with us is for email only).

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Old 10-10-2003, 09:16 AM
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a *lot* of UK busines aren't interested in web hosting - settling for a simple 1 page advert, but pop3/imap4 email is big issue.

We do a lot of email only services, and external email hosting / backup solutions.

Noticed an increasing number of sales questions lately about content and virus filering and auto-archival , so some possible business there for you too

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