Anything happening with the boards.ie free email?

Bard · 02-04-2002 2:25pm #1

Just curious... I know it was suggested before and apparently in the pipeline that we'd get user@boards.ie type email addresses... has this gone any further, lads?... 'cos "bard@boards.ie" would be well cool :cool:

smoke.me.a.kipper · 02-04-2002 2:50pm

twould be dead cool!

Lucutus · 02-04-2002 2:54pm

nah, soz, I already have bard@boards.ie, you'll have to pick another one m8

Luc

Bard · 02-04-2002 3:03pm

Originally posted by Lucutus
nah, soz, I already have bard@boards.ie

Are you taking the piss or do you really have it...? and if you have it... why???

Lucutus · 02-04-2002 3:08pm

lol, I'm jokin'.

heh

(although smak there seems to like the idea of having bard@boards.ie too!)

Luc

Bard · 02-04-2002 3:11pm

well there's obviously a boards.ie mail server as cloud already has cloud@boards.ie - I was just wondering if there was any progress in the 'free (or paid-for) email for all members'... I'd be happy to pay for it, although obviously not an extortionate amount...

Lenny · 02-04-2002 3:15pm

I thought this was already in action?
As I have the email address oj@boards.ie ...

smoke.me.a.kipper · 02-04-2002 3:22pm

Originally posted by Lucutus
(although smak there seems to like the idea of having bard@boards.ie too!)

hmmm. since bard has the name already id probably have to settle for smak@boards.ie

how does €10-15 per year sound??

dahamsta · 02-04-2002 3:49pm

It's come up before, and I've mentioned it before, but what the hell:

Gossamer Mail

Can use the virtusertable and MySQL, so there's no need for POP accounts for everyone*. And a plugin for vBulletin is available. And Alex, the boss, is a gen-ewe-ine nice guy. Costs a few hundred bucks, but since you'd be starting out as a paid service, it should pay for itself pretty sharpish.

I highly recommend Gossamer Threads. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be pretending I actually know stuff in Programming.

adam

* POP accounts could be made available for an extra fee.

Keeks · 03-04-2002 12:22am

I wholeheartedly endorse this product or service

seamus · 03-04-2002 12:31pm

I have seamus@boards.ie, but I don't know the password for it

Regi was feeling giddy the day they got the new server and gave addresses to the first 3 ppl who pmed him on irc

Lenny · 03-04-2002 12:48pm

unlucky that they're not givin them out yet.. but lets wait and see

regi · 05-04-2002 12:01pm

Hi guys,

From a technical pov, its all there. We just have to decide whether to hand it out for free, or try to recoup some of our costs by charging a nominal fee for it.

I'll open a thread on Admin and see what people think.

b20uvkft6m5xwg · 05-04-2002 2:14pm

How about just mapping an @boards.ie addy to another mail account of the person in question.

It would be great advertising for the boards-
I personally am prone to checking the domains from where mail is sent.

Gavin · 05-04-2002 2:31pm

yeah, an alias would be good alright. Be useful for actual correspondances involving boards.ie folks.

Gav

Moriarty · 05-04-2002 5:15pm

Hmm.. Would be really nice to have a @boards.ie email address alright. Perhaps sell a redirection address for say €5/year, and a pop3 for €15/€20/year? Im sure you could work out a more appropriate price depending on what its going to take exactly, but with something like that i could see a lot of take up..

Anything happening with the boards.ie free email?

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