Hi, All. At the office, we've (naturally) been talking about this patent.
It's pretty clear to me that their claims are badly-written, overly-broad, and covered by substantial prior art. I'm sure a compentent legal and technical team could get the patent invalidated. I also can't imagine who Postini would go after. It makes no sense for them to go after little guys like us, because we have no money. It makes no sense for them to go after big guys like Brightmail, because Postini would get clobbered in court. And there simply aren't that many medium-sized players to go after. Our VP Sales said he thinks Postini is looking to have an IPO, and it looks good to investors if a software company owns a patent. That seems the most likely motivation to me. Regards, David. _______________________________________________ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
