[BlueOnyx:06501] Re: OWM and Spam

[Darrell D. Mobley]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it]
> On Behalf Of Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 11:10 PM
> To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List
> Subject: [BlueOnyx:06498] Re: OWM and Spam
> 
> Dan Porter wrote:
> > I can't give you a specific price as it depends on number of domains and
> number of email
> > addresses.   Looking at ours, right now I am averaging about $1.10 per
> user per month.
> > The more users, the better the price break.   We currently run approx
> 250 users and 50
> > domains.   If they quote you a price that is much higher, let me know
> and maybe you and
> > I can work out deal for a single user/domain.   Feel free to email me
> off list if you
> > wish to discuss it further.
> 
> If you're running a small number of accounts that model makes sense.
> 
> Alternatively, we offer a hosted solution that runs $29/mo for unlimited
> domains, unlimited accounts.
> 
> Of course, since some sort of spam filtering is pretty much a commodity
> these days, most customers just expect you'll be providing it.

It seems no where you turn in web hosting these days, we are much like the
hometown hardware stores trying to compete against the Lowes and Home Depots
of the world, getting priced out of the market.  In this specific situation,
it involves one client that was hosted on Network Solutions who used their
webmail to do all their email needs.  Like Gmail, NS can afford to throw a
lot of resources at spam.

I am probably going to tell this guy to set up Outlook Express and let his
AVG software handle the junk.  The amount of time I have spent with this
client and his email compared to the free first month, free setup, then
$4.95/month, has put me at about a 10000% loss on this account compared to
others.