With their inattentiveness to fixing product bugs demonstrated over the last several years, there IS NO WAY that the all-Imail core can compete at the price/performance level they are shooting for. Imail ain't that good. With Declude added-on it's acceptable, but Imail-only core (even wrapped up in a pretty ICS-package) still reeks of circa-1997 hard-coded limitations. For $5000 ICS better have complete flexibility, but Imail has none.
Besides, look what is available at the old Imail price point. Have you looked at the Merak release notes? (Actually a change log). Check this out: http://www.merak-mail-server.com/Products/Merak_Mail_Server/release_notes.asp Now that is what I call aggressive product improvements and updates! They make more improvements in TWO WEEKS than Ipswitch made in a freakin' YEAR! I've begun testing Merak, and so far it does EVERYTHING Imail does, including some truly AWESOME server management via web interface. Does Tarpitting, too. Dev Tuesday, October 26, 2004, 1:49:06 PM, you wrote: >>I will wager that the entire management team and >> marketing department are reading every one of these >> posts in horror. B> I'm sure they are reading them also, but I doubt it is in horror. That B> would assume that Ipswitch didn't expect the B> kind of fallout that's now on B> the list. I can imagine that they knew very B> well what would happen, but B> wanted to take their business in a different B> direction. If that direction B> was to go after larger enterprise customers, B> they may have felt they needed B> to shed a few low-profitability customers in the B> process. They may feel B> that they work too hard for the small support B> agreement renewals and would B> prefer to work with fewer customers that B> generate much more income. I don't B> think there are many other ways to read it, and I don't think it was B> accidental. I seriously doubt we will see a reversal. B> One recent event really caused me to wonder B> about Ipswitch's commitment to B> smaller customers. I was told to call Ipswitch B> support regarding a ticket B> that I had submitted by email. I did so -- at B> 4:45 pm -- and the support B> person indignantly asked why I would call so B> close to quitting time. An B> attitude like that is often a reflection of the culture rather than a B> singular event. Of course, I could just have B> caught them on an off day, but B> it took me by surprise. B> The risk in Ipswitch's strategy is, as many have B> pointed out, is that they B> are now going to go head-to-head with products that are much more B> sophisticated, capable, and mature. Consider B> the IMail webmail "address B> book" as an example -- would you want to try to B> sell an address book that B> contains two fields to an enterprise client? I wouldn't. It will be B> interesting to see if they can succeed. I wish B> them the best of luck, but I B> won't be along for the ride. B> There are exciting new developments over at B> Declude -- from people I do B> trust. And if any of you are .NET developers, B> have a look at SmarterMail, B> which comes with 34 SOAP modules to use for integrating with your B> applications. It also includes built-in support B> for an alternate SMTP port, B> which I can really use. I would love to hear B> evals from some of the more B> experienced admins on this product. B> Regards, B> Bill 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/
