AW: [IMail Forum] It is worth it to buy the SA?

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:13:08 -0700

Hi,
 
Not every customer of my company will move to IMail 2006. Some don't need or want the new gadgets, some don't want upgrade to a new server.
Ipswitch should support IMail 8.22 until the end of next year. It can't be the truth, that a security hole is a reason to upgrade to the latest version.
 
Other companies are supporting their older products too, like microsoft does.


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Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Chris Moody
Gesendet: Dienstag, 24. Oktober 2006 18:54
An: [email protected]
Betreff: RE: [IMail Forum] It is worth it to buy the SA?

I can't knock Ipswitch for not wanting to support a product indefinetly, but it seems like the pulled the plug on 8.x and 7.x rather soon. Even Microsoft support Win 98 until recently, and that is far more complex than Imail.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Jim F.
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 12:45 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] It is worth it to buy the SA?

>> The answer is obvious, time to drop Imail. <<
 
The only problem is that the alternatives aren't exactly that great.  SmarterMail looks like a great product, but it's still lacking some of the fundamental elements of a corporate mail server like TLS.  They also remind me now of how IPswitch was 5 or 6 years ago.  I'm afraid that if I jump ship to SM, in a few years they'll start going down the same over-priced, feature-bloated, performance-lacking, unstability-ridden road that Ipswitch (and Declude) did.  I've looked at the other alternative products and none are really that viable IMO.
 
I would love it if there were a full featured Open Source mail server.  Not that I am looking to save money - I'd just like to be able to use a product that is driven by functionality instead of the bean counters.
 
FWIW, I didn't renew my IMail service agreement that expired a month or two ago.  I'm not sure what I'm holding out for, but I don't want to feel like I'm being robbed by paying Ipswitch to use their product.  That said, I'm not using a version with a vulnerability in it, but that shouldn't matter.  If a vulnerability is discovered in any version of a piece of software, the vendor should provide a patch regardless of SA status.

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tyran Ormond
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 6:17 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] It is worth it to buy the SA?

On 05:41 PM 10/23/2006 -0400, it would appear that Mike N wrote:
Now that there's been an SMTP exploit released (yesterday) for the recently patched SMTP bug, you are running on borrowed time until someone decides to try it on your server.

Stay with possibly exploitable version of the server or upgrade to a feature and bug rich version that doesn't have the exploit?  The answer is obvious, time to drop Imail.  It's been a long run (7 years) but the handwriting is clearly on the wall.

----- Original Message -----
From: Troy D. Hilton
Subject: [IMail Forum] It is worth it to buy the SA?

Weve been running Imail 7.15 for a few years now and its been running very well. Well, its time to renew my SA with Ipswitch but Im wondering is it worth it?



 
In following this list I see that the latest versions of Imail have been far from stellar, so Im know I will not be upgrading to 2006.x anytime soon. I think Ive seen that 8.22 is pretty stable but is it worth the upgrade from a 7.15 thats old but stable, to a 8.22? Is it worth it for me to spend the money for an SA for Imail?



 
Opinions?


 

Tyran Ormond
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Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility
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