I am pretty sure that Ipswitch is going to stick to this bad decision to dump Imail, for whatever bizarre reason. Personally, I think that the company should be put on suicide watch, but that's what they've decided to do. For anyone who doubts this, just try going to http://www.imail.com . I think that pretty much sums up Imail's future.
William Van Hefner Network Administrator Vantek Communications, Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted > Galerneau > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 8:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] some misconceptions corrected > > > Time is running our for the less expensive Service Agreement > (saving $200) offer that Ipswitch made. I am not convinced > just yet of their recent decision hasn't put them in dire > straights financially and/or if they will be actively > asserting themselves to upgrade the core enough to make it > even worthwhile. If they lose enough business they could end > up bankrupt and if they are I'm not so sure they can be > forced to honor the contracts. Then again I am not a lawyer > but have one if he's ever needed! I may give him a call and > pose this question to him should I decide to stall the > inevitable for another year and purchase one before the end > of December :) > > What I find as most disturbing is the new Ipswitch policy of > a case by case decision of if and person or entity can > purchase just the core for future upgrades. If a new colo > client may want to run his own email server, will we need to > move to another product? If so I would want to move it all to > the new product and only need to read one support forum? > IMHO, it's either for sale or it isn't, and how much money we > have or how we are going to use it is none of their business > as long as we respect the licensing agreements. <snip> I'm > not going to allow myself to get all bowed up about this > again! I'll either move on or just shut up about it! > > Happy Holidays, > Ted > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee Drake > Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 11:02 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] some misconceptions corrected > > I have a currently in-place iMail service agreement through > March 2006 Mr. > Karp (having renewed my service agreement early which would > have expired in > March 2005. You have a legal obligation to support me until > then, as your > website activated my service agreement and sent me a > confirmation. If not - > > check with the lawyers. > > Cheers, > Lee Drake > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Karp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] ipswitch. com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:32 PM > Subject: [IMail Forum] some misconceptions corrected > > > > Dear forum folks: > > > > I just wanted to step in and set straight a handful of > misconceptions > > I've been seeing here. > > > > 1. You have to purchase Ipswitch Collaboration Suite to get IMail > > updates Not true. If you have a service agreement for > IMail, you will > > receive all the updates to IMail for as long as the agreement is in > > force. > > > > 2. If your service agreement is up, you can't use IMail > anymore (aka, > > I have to pay $10,000 just to keep using IMail) Not true. If you > > bought IMail, you can use it according to the license, which is > > perpetual. Updates and technical support are not, those come with > > the service agreement. Some on the list have said that > they are still > > using > > IMail 6.0x, and nobody will stop them from continuing to do so. > > > > 3. Now that ICS is here, IMail will immediately cease to exist and > > never > > be > > updated or supported > > Not true. IMail and IMail service agreements are no longer > being sold, > > but > > support for IMail and updates to IMail will continue at > least through > > October 2005, when the last IMail service agreement expires. > > > > 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/ > > > 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/ > 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/
