I agree. My original purchase of Imail was just so I could set up a more or less reliable mail server for my virtual domains cheaply, quickly and easily and then maintain it with relatively little effort and expense. It has fit that bill wonderfully and Scott's declude has enhanced it far more than I ever anticipated. HKSI's templates have also improved it to really a pretty nice product. My basic needs have not changed and neither has the market for Windows mail servers as far as I can tell.
I view Scott, Ron, and other 3rd party providers more as custom programming companies that have found a nice niche market for their own efforts and have provided a wonderful value for those of us who use Imail. But the leap into software publishing is a long one and a dangerous one. Certainly it has a lot of allure but the cost of publishing is so great in every area and the chance for a "hit" is worse than trying to make a hit movie. And it takes a "hit" now. Even those who get hits usually are unable to stay the course beyond one or two editions. Frankly, I think the future is brighter for Scott than Ipswitch. I don't think the future for software publishing as we've known it up to now is very good. But maybe I'm wrong. Certainly wouldn't be a new experience. Probably we'll see an entire paradigm shift anyway - maybe along the lines of .net or some other kind of widely distributed services components. Still that bodes well for Scott and other adaptable authors but it takes a gargantuan effort to point a company like Ipswitch in that direction. The future is just cloudy. No to your question on spell checkers. I have experimented with a number, too, not just for imail but other applications. Generally I don't like the Java ones as well as I do the ActiveX ones. Well actually I hate the Java ones. The ActiveX ones work a lot better now than they used to but there is still such a wide audience that cannot (or will not) use them. If you have to have one then I think the Word one works about as well as any for those that can use it. Personally I think spell checking for web email is a royal waste of resources from start to finish for all parties. Even when people have them they either don't use them or they make deliberate mistakes anyway. Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Roger Heath Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 9:15 AM <snip> Let's hope not for Scott's sake... The only thing we really need on our Imail now is a third party spell checker. The Imail forum has not helped me here at all. Has anyone achieved this integration? </snip> This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". You can E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web site at http://www.declude.com .
