[mingtsai]

I am thinking of starting an e-mail service, using my computer (g4 867) and an sdsl line. (768/768-1000/1000) I have a few questions:

-How much do you think people would pay for an e-mail which gives you a 500 meg(!) inbox a year. Would 50 dollars per year be reasonable, or would 25 be better?

-How many people do you think I could get for the e-mail? I would hopefully get both POP3 and IMAP. I will support IMAP as they have 500 megs.

-I might also let people host a small personal web site using part of their 500 megs, but no major bandwidth sucking.

any ideas would be appreciated.

[OSX Abuser]

I have a question along this line.
I have a Domain name I would like to sell e-mail addresses for.
for $10.00/$20.00 a year.
IE.... Somefool@yahoo.com
Anotherfool@yahoo.com
Samefool@yahoo.com
Mind you this would not be a full fledged e-mail account.
I would just forward the e-mail to another account.
How would I go about setting this up??
Who would host an e-mail server, atleast not a full e-mail server.

[macvillage.net]

1. There is no real profit to make doing it on your own. Your best bet is to contract a third party such as everyone.net. It can't be profitable.

2. If you want to create email aliases, you can use a free DNS service such as mydomain.com, and use the email forwarding feature.

It's not a profitable business hosting email. Unless you have something else to offer.

Not to mention the spam problems can create bandwidth, server load, and even legal issues.