15 replies to this topic

[carmel_andrews]

Like it says on the tin (to wearing out a well worn ad slogan) hows about AAer members and or subbers having @atariage email addys

I think it would be somewhat more marketable then something like xxxx@atari.com

Hows about it Mr AA (or any of his minions...i.e moderators)

You could flog them (i.e sell them) for say £10 pound (dunno what that is in usd/euro's) an atariage email

[disjaukifa]

Neat idea but I think you are going to run into a storage issues really fast and the cost of the extra software to just host the email and then the software to filter out the junk . . . its going to get too expensive to quickly

[rmaerz]

disjaukifa, on Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:52 AM, said:

Neat idea but I think you are going to run into a storage issues really fast and the cost of the extra software to just host the email and then the software to filter out the junk . . . its going to get too expensive to quickly

Agreed.

And on top of that more overhead in maintaining the site with troubleshooting email delivery/receiving issues, redundant email servers, mail filtering and AV protection.

[Rex Dart]

It could be a simple email redirect to their existing accounts elsewhere

[FujiSkunk]

Email addresses are a dime a dozen, and you get to keep the dime. I think the resources of the site and its owner would be put to better use elsewhere.

Edited by FujiSkunk, Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:40 PM.

[Albert]

I've considered this in the past, but would not want to host it on the AtariAge server for resource reasons. I could put it on another server, but I'm not sure the costs associated with doing so would be made up for with whatever I could charge. Which, considering how many free email services there are, couldn't be very much. A redirect would be very easy to do, though.

..Al

[Chuck D. Head]

Albert, on Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:13 PM, said:

I've considered this in the past, but would not want to host it on the AtariAge server for resource reasons. I could put it on another server, but I'm not sure the costs associated with doing so would be made up for with whatever I could charge. Which, considering how many free email services there are, couldn't be very much. A redirect would be very easy to do, though.

..Al

A redirect is all I was thinking. I just want the address for the cool factor.

[Retro Rogue]

How about a credit card? I think AA'ers should be able to sign up for their own credit cards under Al.

[bomberpunk]

yeah and Al pays the bills. let me know when that happens so i can clear out the lot at Cadillac.

[Cebus Capucinis]

The AtariAge Mastercard: Purchases you make earn points that you can turn in to get things like free magnets, homebrews, and other associated products. 56.9% APR, $1500 annual fee, and of course, the points are only earned at a rate of 1 per $15,000 you spend.

[disjaukifa]

Cebus Capucinis, on Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:12 PM, said:

The AtariAge Mastercard: Purchases you make earn points that you can turn in to get things like free magnets, homebrews, and other associated products. 56.9% APR, $1500 annual fee, and of course, the points are only earned at a rate of 1 per $15,000 you spend.

Holy crap that's a better rate than my current credit cards that are all at there limit, SIGN ME UP!

[wood_jl]

Merely a credit card! Ha! How about a personal line of credit for all AtariAge users, with Al as guarantor, to go with that free email that we can already get from Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, etc?

[HatNJ]

I'm all for a redirect Im a ham radio op and member of the ARRL (American Radio Relay League) and they offer an email redirect as part of member benefits youcallsign@arrl.net and works quite well sending any emails to that address to an email address you specify.

having an atariage.com one would be nice maybe as a subscriber benefit

[Inky]

The Atariage Mastercard earns you miles for use in the Knight Rider game...

[Brian O]

Inky, on Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:28 PM, said:

The Atariage Mastercard earns you miles for use in the Knight Rider game...

To date no miles have been earned by anyone, anywhere.

[Cebus Capucinis]

Brian O, on Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:33 PM, said:

Inky, on Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:28 PM, said:

The Atariage Mastercard earns you miles for use in the Knight Rider game...

To date no miles have been earned by anyone, anywhere.

Oh, that's what it does. I thought it earned 'fisticuff' hit points. D'oh! Good thing I cancelled that fight tomorrow!