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

[Rick Hogue]

I tried to upgrade to 2006 and spent a week fixing the mess. Ipswitch had to have some of the senior people to work with me to get things right and in the end we had to go back to 8.22 due to all of the problems we encountered. Mostly due to the fact we have been on the same program since before version 6 and all of the old skeletons came out to cause problems. Rick Hogue Intent.Net 1-800-866-2983   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Schaible Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:13 PM To: Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com Subject: AW: [IMail Forum] It is worth it to buy the SA?   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.   -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen -------------------------------------------- Merlin Consulting Martin Schaible Bahnhofstrasse 27 CH-8702 Zollikon Phone:   +41 44 391 30 00 Fax:     +41 44 391 32 49 Mail:    mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL:     http://www.merlinconsulting.ch Support: http://support.merlinconsulting.ch GPS:     N47 20.235 E8 34.226 -------------------------------------------- News - Neue Produkte: .:. mxGuard - InvURIBL - MessageSniffer .:. NOD32 Antivirus System .:. BlueDragon .:. Kiwi Syslog Monitor .:. Paessler GmbH .:. SmarterTools --------------------------------------------     Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Chris Moody Gesendet: Dienstag, 24. Oktober 2006 18:54 An: Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com 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: Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com 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: Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com 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 Programmer/LAN Administrator Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/494 - Release Date: 10/24/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/494 - Release Date: 10/24/2006