Well then if your profit is negative and they wish to share in it, then they owe you money right??
: ) Marc ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Darin Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:39:52 -0400 >MessageWhile customers are referred to us for our spam/virus filtering >capabilities, we do operate it as a cost center, as the labor and other >expenses involved are slightly higher than the additional revenue generated >from them. > >Darin. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Glenn \ WCNet >To: declude.junkmail@declude.com >Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 8:32 PM >Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 4.3 > > >You're saying that email and spam/virus scanning is a service aspect that >specifically draws customers to an ISP. I'm saying it doesn't, that's all. >I've not once heard a customer state that email service was the deciding >factor in choosing us, and there's no evidence it entices them to stay. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Kevin Bilbee >To: declude.junkmail@declude.com >Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 5:01 PM >Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 4.3 > > >Then stop offering mail if it such a burden to the business. Explain to your >customer that they can > > > >can go to Hotmail or Yahoo. When the addy gets horked by spammers, simply >abandon it and create another. > > > >Let us know how many customers stay with your service. Of course you will not >be able to quantify the lost new business! > > > > > >Kevin Bilbee > > > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glenn \ WCNet >Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 11:55 AM >To: declude.junkmail@declude.com >Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 4.3 > > > >Hahahahahaaaaa! E-mail hardly keeps or draws customers. Anybody who wants >e-mail can go to Hotmail or Yahoo. When the addy gets horked by spammers, >simply abandon it and create another. Domain hosting, maybe a little. >However, I have domain customers who have never used their included mail >service. > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Kevin Bilbee > >To: declude.junkmail@declude.com > >Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 11:12 AM > >Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 4.3 > > > >So then indirectly it does generate revenue. Because without it revenue would >be lost. The ISP users need to ask is what level of these services do I need >to offer to keep current customers happy and what level of service do I need >to land new business? > > > > > >Kevin Bilbee > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darrell ([EMAIL >PROTECTED]) >Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 4:35 AM >To: declude.junkmail@declude.com >Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 4.3 > > > >Kevin, > > > >Mainly because in order to get other types of business that may bring revenue >(hosting, etc) this type of service is expected. Look at any ISP/hosting >provider that is offering $5.00 a month hosting plans this is what everyone >competes with. > > > >Could you imagine yourself (consumer or small business) signing up with a >hosting provider and them not handling your email or even better not virus >scanning it? Even with yahoo/gmail you get free spam filtering and virus >scanning. > > > >Darrell > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Check out http://www.invariantsystems.com for utilities for Declude And Imail. > IMail/Declude Overflow Queue Monitoring, SURBL/URI integration, MRTG >Integration, and Log Parsers. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Kevin Bilbee > > To: declude.junkmail@declude.com > > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 11:22 PM > > Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 4.3 > > > > Question to thoes that are saying that spam/virus protestion is a lost > leader/not a revenue builder. > > > > If it does not generate revenue then why don't you stop offering spam/virus > protection? > > > > > > > > Kevin Bilbee > > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". 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