Well, it’s been some time now since I took down Only Postcards, and I haven’t had anyone email to say they miss it. Basically I moved the server off a Windows platform to a *nix box and it was the best move I’ve ever made. The one thing that kept me from doing it was a handful of ASP websites that wouldn’t run without a Microsoft OS. Only Postcards was one of them allowing people to send holiday cards and holiday cards from all around the world. It was a bit of a headache as it proved a magnet for spam and had to be managed.
There were another couple of sites that had to be dropped, but I had a soft spot for that one as I had devoted quite a bit of time and effort to it. Who knows, I may rebuild it some day …
Patrick on June 2nd, 2010
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Actually .. I have a faint recollection!