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To crowdsource the world's best email service and to charge for it. I've been unable to find a hosted mail solution that is usable, flexible, allows me to keep my existing email address, and has a decent spam filter. I guess I'm not the only one. This is aimed mostly at individuals. Read the full story here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/siliconglen/~3/14900793/worlds-best-e-mail.html
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I've worked with Barracuda and have also co-written Editor's choice anti-spam software. Have looked around for decent mail software and been unable to find it. Gmail has some usefulness but I can't use it as a filter for my existing domains.
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Check out slashmail.org or fusemail.com They both have excellent services.
Thanks for the tips on slashmail and fusmail. Neither is comparable with atmail in terms of usability. So I guess I'm still looking for the best email service. Any ajax services out there?
Guys, if 11 of you vote this idea down, why don't you state why and tell me about better email services? If you're so convinced that this is a non starter because there already is great email hosting, why not mention what it is so that I can look into it because the two already mentioned don't come close in terms of the usability and flexibility I'm proposing.
I think that you might need to add more detail to your idea in order for people to really grasp what you're proposing. Right now I don't see why you couldn't just forward e-mail from your various addresses to a gmail account. I think a lot of other people might be having the same problem.
..agrees with ThrasherC..its actually hard to give vote with 200more to review and one will find an idea almost a year old but was not cared to forge and refine more but seems simply clogging the list of contenders.
my .2cents!
I voted 5 stars - not because this was an exceptional idea - but because it has great potential and it really fits the types of projects that crowdsourcing probably work best with. I especially like yet another SPAM filter - any effort in this direction is going to help making email a usable tool again.
To borrow ecahoon's phrase, what's to stop this becoming just "yet another SPAM filter"/email service? Everyone's after the world's best email service, and that includes the current providers. What EXACTLY are you suggesting your service will do differently? Do you have any research to show that it's what anyone else wants?
I voted down. My suggestion for the "better" alternative you requested is Gmail. (http://www.gmail.com) Ever used it? It has a chat feature (in browser), threaded conversations, 2.8GB+ storage, ability to open attachments using Google docs and spread sheets, Google calender integration.. the list goes on. Gmail is very much a web 2.0 application. There are plenty of mashups that harness Google's Gmail API.
So go ahead, compete with Google. They have an army of very talented programmers and gobs of cash. Sounds like a fight you can win all by your lonesome...
i do not get it... plus I could never give up my Gmail
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