[thelist] soft / hard limits
David Siedband
technique at oceanicsky.com
Mon Dec 6 13:17:46 CST 2004
On Dec 6, 2004, at 7:37 AM, Alex Beston wrote:
> when you do quotas for account administration whats a good level for a
> soft limit and also what would you consider good as a hard limit?
Shop around and see what your competitors are offering. Then, do the
math and see where you can fit in.
If you're charging a premium, make sure you communicate what justifies
it (e.g. better spam filtering).
> Scenario #1 user lets it mail build up until admin calls him up to
> sort it.
This strategy isn't very scalable. This part should be automated.
Either they get an auto-generated e-mail when they are approaching
quota or their mail gets deleted beyond a certain time period/mailbox
size.
> Im thinking of putting a 4 meg difference between the limits (eg the
> size of a few big files ( attchments are limited to about 1 or 2 megs
> ) )
4 megs difference in tiers? And your limiting attachment size at 2
megs? eek!
Shop around and see what you need to compete with...
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David Siedband
generation-xml.com
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