Should RFD Pull a Google? Should they increase the 125 Mailbox Limit?

[Absolute]

Is there a reason you need more than 125? Honestly, if you're getting spammed and it's filling up your Inbox, just report the spammer.

[re:load]

my PMs usually hover between 100 and 120 but if we could somehow get the "Google" thing going that # would fall to somewhere between 20 to 30 and all of our max limits could drop to about 50, therefore actually releiving the message board of uneccessary bandwidth.

[puff_daddy_58_99]

I thought by 'pull a google' you meant take the company public. Now that would be a good idea!

[mtevel]

i thought from the 1st half of the title that u wanted to know if RFD should pull a google .... IPO ... and have the founders become instant millionaires. ....

[jltapawan]

i thought from the 1st half of the title that u wanted to know if RFD should pull a google .... IPO ... and have the founders become instant millionaires. ....

i'm sorry if the title is misleading, just didn't know how else to word it and make it seem interesting.

[codex]

bump

I'd love more space. I must be a a message hog or something but it's always a battle for me to keep it less than full. It's like a tug-of-war of sorts.

I realize you can download the messages but sometimes it's nice to have everything there at your fingertips.

And I know things can add up but how much space can these messages possibly take up compared to the forum itself?

[DJXP]

it would be nice to have more, but at least its 125 and not 50

if rfd did add some special premium features such as increased mailbox etc for a small paypal fee , I would probably sign up.

[champ91]

do you think that sent items should be saved into the box? They seem to take up most of my room, but i do find it useful sometimes, ....hmm..i dunno wat u guys/gals think?

[Mintmaster]

I think it's always good to have a record of past messages. The cost has got to be negligible for PM's.

Just look at the forums. There are something like a million posts stored. If each was 1 kb on average (I'm overestimating on purpose), that's only a gigabyte. Hard drives are so cheap nowadays. The DNS and bandwidth costs have got to be way more than one-time hardware costs.

There's no extra bandwidth required to make big mailboxes. In fact, capping them probably increases bandwidth usage a tad because users will consume bandwidth during cleanup time, looking at old messages etc.

I say go for it, RFD. Not many people will have huge inboxes. If the highest posters have around 10,000 posts, they'll have far fewer PM's. Just make it unlimited, and I doubt RFD will even feel the difference let alone regret it.

[liquid_paper]

i think RFD should go public...like google...and make its creaters FRIGGEN BILLIONAIRES!!!

okay maybe millionaires...

check that...maybe they could pocket a few g's...

or maybe...just maybe...they could sell some shares for dollar off coupons at costco...