Just because it is technically possible do so, does not make it economically desirable to do so.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Deckler [mailto:greg@;infonition.com] > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 3:24 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > > Why in the world would you not make this a seamless service? To not do so > effectively ruins any advantages of going this route (splitting mailboxes > between Exchange and POP/IMAP systems depending on level of service > required) > > And besides, it is a cakewalk to do in Exchange or go buy yourself the Bat > book from OReilly and configure it that way. Come on. > > > We provide Exchange for $9.95 per month per mailbox. We also provide = > > Imail (POP3/IMAP) as a part of Web hosting or SQL DB hosting package. > > > > We do not split a customer's domain name between Exchange and Imail. To > = > > have a seamless service, all mailboxes have to be either on Exchange or > = > > on Imail. Yes, we could design all kinds of forwarding tricks, but = > > that's too much overhead if one is dealing with tens of thousands of = > > customers. > > > > To offer POP3/IMAP on Exchange is an overkill, Imail can handle those = > > better for MUCH less money. Although some customers sign up for Exchange > = > > and pay $9.95 and only use POP3. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg Deckler [mailto:greg@;infonition.com] > > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 12:25 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Re: somewhat OT > > > > > > You've hit the major players. The entire email hosting business has = > > pretty > > much flopped and consolidated. Critical Path handed over its hosted > > corporate messaging services to HP. United Messaging was acquired by > > Agilera. Commtouch sold its hosted Exchange business to TeleComputing. > > > > USA.NET and Mi8 are still hanging in there, for now. But this entire > > market space has just been decimated of late. I still think that the > > business case is there for outsourced messaging, but apparently not = > > enough > > people have the same attitude that I do. > > > > Anyone else care to comment on why they think that this market space has > > flopped? One would think that in a time of economic hardship, companies > > would really be looking to outsource anything and everything they can in > > order to lower costs. If outsourced corporate messaging can't make it in > > today's economy, I have serious doubts that it will ever make it. But = > > the > > question is why? Outsourced messaging holds the promise of lower costs, > > flexibility and the ability to focus on one's core business. In = > > addition, > > many of the outsourced providers can put together systems that have a = > > mix > > of high-end and low-end mailbox services that are all tied together as a > > single system. This means that companies can have Exchange mailboxes for > > those that need it and low-cost IMAP/POP mailboxes for everyone else and > > the outsourcer ties it all together to look like a single email system. > = > > So > > why did this market fail? > > > > > Who all is left in the Hosted E2K (asp-model) game?=3D20 > > >=20 > > > USA.NET? > > > MI8?=3D20 > > > Critical Path? > > >=20 > > > others?=3D20 > > >=20 > > > j > > > Regards,=3D20 > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > John Henley > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
