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Dropmyemail
Developer(s)	Dropmysite Pte. Ltd.
Initial release	March 2012
Written in	Ruby on Rails
Available in	English,; Chinese Simplified,; Chinese ,; Japanese,; Korean; Thai; Bahasa
Type	Online backup service
Website	www.dropmyemail.com

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Dropmyemail is a cloud based email backup software offered by Dropmysite^[1] that offers cloud storage and Online backup software. In brief, Dropmyemail allows users to automatically backup their emails to the cloud with an option to view, migrate or restore^[2] them whenever required via a web browser.

Dropmyemail was launched on 1 March, 2012 at Demo Asia^[3] by Dropmysite, a Singapore based startup company.^[2]

History

According to Dropmyemail, founder John Fearon conceived the idea of Dropmyemail after "his clients emailed him asking for a solution to backup emails and database". Thats when he wanted to build Dropmyemail and realised "this as a big opportunity". ^[4] The team then worked on the problem and launched Dropmyemail.com on 1 March, 2012 at Demo Asia^[3], a launchpad for emerging technology in Singapore.

As of April 2012^[update], Dropmyemail had more than 525,000 users, growing at a rate faster than Twitter, Dropbox and Pininterest at the same time during their launch..^[5]^[6]

Business model

Dropmyemail uses a Freemium^[7]^[8] business model, where users are offered a free account with a set storage size and paid subscriptions for accounts with more capacity.

Technology

Dropmyemail's backed is written in Ruby on Rails^[9] and is hosted on the Amazon Web Services Cloud Infrastructure. Most of the email platforms such as Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo etc are supported by Dropmyemail. Users can also backup their email via IMAP or POP settings^[10].

Dropmyemail uses Amazon's S3 storage system to store the files;^[11]

Notable competitors

Mozy
Backupify

References

^ "Backup specialist Dropmysite buys Orbitfiles, boosting its userbase and focus on North America". The Next Web.
^ ^a ^b "Dropmyemail Features". Dropmyemail. Retrieved August 21, 2012. Cite error: The named reference "about" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b "Dropmysite| Demo Asia". Retrieved August 21, 2012.
^ "AWS Lean Cloud - Join the Startup Revolution| Featured Startups". Retrieved August 21, 2012.
^ Balakrishnan, Kumes (April 23, 2012). "DropMyEmail.com growing faster than Dropbox, Fab.com, Pinterest and Twitter". Forbes. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
^ "Dropmyemail Passes Half Million Users, is Working on Second Round of Funding". TechinAsia.
^ "Singapore Start-Up Cashes In on Saving Emails". Wall Street Journal Blog.
^ Teoh, Micheal (August 13, 2012). "Dropmyemail's Rise of Asian Start-Ups Opening Offices in North America". Retrieved August 21, 2012. the latter is a Cloud-to-Cloud backup solution for Emails, a freemium consumer service that lets you backup your emails, contacts, chat and calendars, automatically.
^ Raj, Chandan (May 3, 2012). "Dropmyemail.com – A Fast Growing Cloud-to-Cloud Email Backup Solution". Retrieved August 21, 2012. We host our services on AWS. Our back-end is built on Ruby on Rails.
^ Bharti, Bhaskar (May 16, 2012). "Backup Your Email on DropMyEmail.com". Retrieved August 21, 2012. It supports almost all major email platforms like Gmail, Google App, Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL, etc. Still, you can use IMAP, POP settings if you can't find your email service provider in the list.
^ "Where are my emails stored?". Dropmyemail FAQ. Dropmyemail uses Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) to store all your emails.

External links

Official website
Venture Beat: E-mail backup service DropMyEmail.com grabs over 500K users in just 2 months (posted April 19, 2012)

Category:Cloud applications Category:Email attachment replacements Category:File hosting Category:File sharing services Category:Online backup services Category:Internet properties established in 2012 Dropmysite

[1] "Backup specialist Dropmysite buys Orbitfiles, boosting its userbase and focus on North America". The Next Web.

[about-2] "Dropmyemail Features". Dropmyemail. Retrieved August 21, 2012. Cite error: The named reference "about" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[bare_url-3] "Dropmysite| Demo Asia". Retrieved August 21, 2012.

[4] "AWS Lean Cloud - Join the Startup Revolution| Featured Startups". Retrieved August 21, 2012.

[5] Balakrishnan, Kumes (April 23, 2012). "DropMyEmail.com growing faster than Dropbox, Fab.com, Pinterest and Twitter". Forbes. Retrieved August 21, 2012.

[6] "Dropmyemail Passes Half Million Users, is Working on Second Round of Funding". TechinAsia.

[7] "Singapore Start-Up Cashes In on Saving Emails". Wall Street Journal Blog.

[8] Teoh, Micheal (August 13, 2012). "Dropmyemail's Rise of Asian Start-Ups Opening Offices in North America". Retrieved August 21, 2012. the latter is a Cloud-to-Cloud backup solution for Emails, a freemium consumer service that lets you backup your emails, contacts, chat and calendars, automatically.

[9] Raj, Chandan (May 3, 2012). "Dropmyemail.com – A Fast Growing Cloud-to-Cloud Email Backup Solution". Retrieved August 21, 2012. We host our services on AWS. Our back-end is built on Ruby on Rails.

[10] Bharti, Bhaskar (May 16, 2012). "Backup Your Email on DropMyEmail.com". Retrieved August 21, 2012. It supports almost all major email platforms like Gmail, Google App, Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL, etc. Still, you can use IMAP, POP settings if you can't find your email service provider in the list.

[11] "Where are my emails stored?". Dropmyemail FAQ. Dropmyemail uses Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) to store all your emails.

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