Re: [IMail Forum] Disappointment with Simple DNS

2008-11-07 Thread David Dodell


On Nov 7, 2008, at 5:19 PM, Sanford Whiteman wrote:





open-source alternatives. Yet in an equivalent situation to yours, you
would not have gotten the expert JIT support you needed without a paid
contract; if you don't pay for support, there
is absolutely no guarantee you'll get it when you want.



And I agree, but I did pay for the product, and would expect some type  
of support short of 2 emails over 7 days.   They do not offer a  
seperate support contract as you know, and would hope they would  
support a product in some fashion.I am not expecting instant  
support, but after they have asked me to do a few tests, I can't wait  
48 to 72 hours to get an email response back.   I have no problem  
setting up a pre-appointment time for the support ...   I understand  
what you are saying, I guess I feel I did pay for the product, and  
there should be some support mechanism within the first xx number of  
days.



Obvs.  you  went  with a commercial product hoping they'd be there for
you,  and  they  weren't.  That  sucks. I've used and recommended SDNS
since v3 (no upgrade difficulties through v5)


And I agree, I have been happy with the product since v 3 myself ...  
my upgrade to 5 hasn't gone well, and they haven't been there.And  
a return email from them advising me that they can't find anything  
wrong in my config file (which is fine) after 48 hours does not allow  
me the luxury of debugging what has gone wrong over a 7 days period.



fixes,  etc.  I  wish  you had posted an OT post about your prob and I
would have tried my best to help you out remotely.


I appreciate your offer to help ... I'd still like to upgrade to them,  
I paid for the license and went back to 4.1 to keep us running ... it  
is still my intention to go to 5.0 if I can get some help to do so  
from them.


David

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Re: [IMail Forum] Disappointment with Simple DNS

2008-11-07 Thread Sanford Whiteman
> I  have  been  a  user  of  Simple  DNS  for several years, and many
> individuals on this forum have spoken highly of the product.

Dave,  I'm  sorry you had this trouble. You're probably going to get a
couple  of  people  who  will  immediately  tell you to use one of the
open-source alternatives. Yet in an equivalent situation to yours, you
would not have gotten the expert JIT support you needed without a paid
contract.  A  giant  support community doesn't mean you'll have people
that will hold your hand for free; if you don't pay for support, there
is absolutely no guarantee you'll get it when you want.

Obvs.  you  went  with a commercial product hoping they'd be there for
you,  and  they  weren't.  That  sucks. I've used and recommended SDNS
since v3 (no upgrade difficulties through v5), yet I will admit that I
never  recommended  them  based  on  emergency support, but on overall
fullness  of  features,  performance, security reputation, ongoing bug
fixes,  etc.  I  wish  you had posted an OT post about your prob and I
would have tried my best to help you out remotely.

--Sandy



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Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc.
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