OT: Web Host w/Large Email

[Mark Jerde]

Sorry if this is off-topic and/or the wrong newsgroup but I've surfed for
hours...

I need to find a .NET web host with large limits on email attachments and
mailbox size. Our current host's maxes are 6 MB attachments and 20 MB total
mailbox size. I know it sounds ridiculous but these are too low. Though
I've pleaded & begged the host can't/won't increase them. I need on the
order of 25 MB attachments and 200 MB mailbox size.

Ideally the host would tend to the latest & greatest, .NET 1.1, FP 2003,
etc. SQL Server 2000 is a requirement.

Another nice-to-have is the option for Outlook hosting.

We're not big enough to justify our own server yet but we may have to go
that route.

Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

-- Mark

 

[Mark Jerde]

P.S.

I need to find a .NET web host with large limits on email attachments
and mailbox size. Our current host's maxes are 6 MB attachments and
20 MB total mailbox size. I know it sounds ridiculous but these are
too low. Though I've pleaded & begged the host can't/won't increase
them. I need on the order of 25 MB attachments and 200 MB mailbox
size.

We have an iBackup.com account where clients can dump the large attachments
but both the clients and PHBs want to just use email.

 

[Yan-Hong Huang[MSFT]]

Hello Mark,

Thanks for posting in the newsgroup.

However, this group is for ASP.NET programming. So I feel it may not be the
most suitable group for this question.

I haven't heard any ISP which supports such a big mailbox. I think a large
email may add much burden to mail server and that is why there is seldom
this kind of emailbox in general. You may call your ISP to see if they have
such service.

Ny suggestion for you is to develop some web pages for the customer. So
they could upload their big attachments by just clicking one link. That is
easier and perhaps they are willing to do so.

Happy New Year!

Best regards,
Yanhong Huang
Microsoft Community Support

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[Mark Jerde]

Ny suggestion for you is to develop some web pages for the customer.
So they could upload their big attachments by just clicking one link.
That is easier and perhaps they are willing to do so.

Thanks for the response. The pointy-haired bosses don't want this common
and sensible solution, they don't want shared internet hard disk space
(ibackup.com) and they don't want FTP. They want to send and receive huge
attachments via Outlook Express... <g>

The world has greatly changed since I spent $300 for a used 300 baud
acoustic modem c. 1981. My connection to the campus mainframe was a lot
faster than others connected at 110. Hard connections on campus ran at a
snappy 1200. It was rumored a couple key people had 9600. Now my mission
is to find a way to take minutes of DSL speed with email attachments. <g>

-- Mark

 

[Curt J Raddatz]

The best and cheapest way to do this is to host your own e-mail. I would
recommend using a dedicated server at a good hosting company (I can
recommend some if you want). This gives you all the advantages of
controlling everything without having to buy equipment or a higher speed
connection at your location. You also have 24/7 support that your small
company probably couldn't afford to provide if you set it up at your
location. You can get all this for $250 - $400 per month and e-mail
software (I can recommend that too) for less than $500. You could have the
whole thing done in a few days - I did. E-mail privately if you want
detailed information.

 

[Yan-Hong Huang[MSFT]]

Hi Mark,

I understand the situation now. Curt has introduced you a way to achieve
it. Renting a server to host your email server could be a solution for your
company. I think you could email him for detailed information. If you have
anything unclear, please feel free to post here.

Thanks very much for participating the community.

Happy New Year!

Best regards,
Yanhong Huang
Microsoft Community Support

Get Secure! ¨C www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.