BLACKbox Hybrid Email System

About BLACKbox Email Subscription Services

BLACKbox email subscription services are offered in two categories. POP Email Id and IMAP Email Id. It comes in a bunch of 10 email boxes with 10 GB pool space expandable as per the requirements for IMAP accounts and POP accounts. Following is the comparison.

Objective

To reduce yearly email subscription cost by 50% to 70%

Introduction to Hybrid Email Technology

This technology works on DNS Splitting Technology. When an email is received from outside world the technology will determine whether to deliver it to Gmail or O365 account or to BLACKbox email services. Thus, the MSME can maintain single domain for email id and use expensive Gmail or O365 for few users and cost-effective BLACKbox email services for rest of the users.

Problem Statement

Standard email systems like Gmail, MS365 are priced between INR 2000 to INR 10000 per year per email box. They are offered with 30 GB to 50 GB mailbox for each email id with a host of features. For an MSME setup such a yearly cost is perceived to be on the higher side. In an MSME setup most users do not use such large mailbox and do not need advanced features of these email system. They need a simple email system which can be accessed in a browser or in email client using POP or IMAP protocol. So, very few users like owners and top management personnel in an MSME setup require feature rich and large mailbox email services. Most of the users do not require them. However, an MSME must pay for all features for all the users. It is challenging to use different mail service providers for a single domain. Hence, the yearly cost of email subscription is high compared to the usage requirements.

Solution Statement

A technology which can allow single domain to be used with different email service providers can solve such a problem and reduce yearly cost of email subscription. It will allow an MSME setup to pay premium for a few users for large mailbox and host of features with Gmail or O365 and pay less for most of the users for a simple email system accessible over a browser or an email client.

Example

A company with 30 email users may be paying a minimum of INR 60000 to INR 75000 per year for email system to Gmail or O365. It may be possible that hardly 5 users may require large mailbox and host of services and 25 users may require simple email system. So, by adopting hybrid system, one can pay INR 10000 to INR 12500 for 5 users and pay INR 10000 to 15000 for the rest of the 25 users. It may reduce over cost to INR 20000 to 27500 INR per year from INR 60000 to INR 75000 per year.

Comparison List
Product / Features Gmail / MS365 Remarks BLACKbox Hybrid IMAP Remarks2 BLACKbox Hybrid POP Remarks
Mailbox Yes Dedicated mail box for individual user (30 GB in Gmail and 50 GB in O365) Yes Pool account of 10 GB for 10 ids Yes Pool account of 10 GB for 10 ids vacated every 5 minutes by email client download request
IMAP Yes Accessible from email client supporting IMAP (outlook, thunderbird or similar) Yes Accessible from email client supporting IMAP No Accessible from email client supporting POP (outlook, thunderbird or similar)
POP Yes Accessible from email client supporting POP (outlook, thunderbird or similar) No NA Yes Accessible from email client supporting POP (outlook, thunderbird or similar)
Gmail or O365 Browser Interface Yes accessible from Gmail interface or O365 Interface No NA No NA
Browser access Yes accessible from Gmail interface with all emails Yes accessible from simple web interface showing emails with folder management Yes accessible from simple web interface showing only undownloaded emails, emails downloaded will not be accessible from browser. They will be accessible from outlook or thunderbird or similar email client only
Antivirus Services on Email Data Yes Emails will be scanned by Gmail / O365 as per its terms before download Yes Emails will be scanned by antivirus before the syncing Yes Emails will be scanned by antivirus before the download
Transport Layer Security enabled mail relay service Yes Emails will be relayed by Gmail / O365 servers Yes Emails will be relayed by secured smtp servers Yes Emails will be relayed by secured smtp servers
Antispam Filter Yes Emails will be subject to Gmails / O365 antispam filters Yes Emails will be subject to Gmails' antispam filters Yes Emails will be subject to Gmails' antispam filters
Access to Google Drive / Onedrive Yes Through Google / O365 Interface No NA No NA
Access to Other Services of Gmail / O365 Yes As per Gmail / O365 Sybscription No NA No NA
Mobile Access Yes As per Gmail / O365 Sybscription Yes Through IMAP Yes Through POP
ActiveSync across devices Yes As per Gmail / O365 Sybscription Yes Through IMAP No Through POP
cost As per Gmail / O365 Subscription INR 650 plus GST per year per email id INR 450 plus GST per year per email id