The cost of an old mac isn't even an issue here in the least. I've got more old macs than sense. The reason I'm concerned about using SIMS longterm is that it and the operating systems it runs in are not likely to receive timely updates for much longer.
Sure, classic Mac OS has been the most secure operating system as far as servers are concerned. That by no means indicates that there isn't a potentially fatal flaw that just hasn't been discovered yet. At what point in the future will Apple refuse to provide further upgrades to this legacy system. I think that aside from really damaging issues, we've already reached that point. OS X has been out for over a year now, why would Apple devote more than the bare minimum resources to OS 9 any longer? For that matter, why would Stalker? They've been wonderful in providing as powerful a product as SIMS for _free_ for all this time but, in the 2 years I've used SIMS, it hasn't progressed past a very stable beta release. Stalker doesn't have the time or inclination to package together a fresh 1.8 release and provide full documentation, and why would they. SIMS runs on a legacy operating system and Stalker makes no direct revenue from it. I think that all the SIMS users that Communigate Pro makes sense for, costwise at least, have probably upgraded. Those of us asking for another option from Stalker as simply expressing a desire to be able to continue to support this fine company. Believe me, if I could justify a full Communigate Pro license, I'd be there but email just isn't a revenue generator for us. That's not to say that I might not end up with 2,000+ accounts in Communigate Pro at some time in the future, just saying that I'm not there now and not likely to get there any time soon. If I end up eventually biting the bullet and switching to one of the open source packages, I'm not likely to switch again. If there's a reasonably priced Communigate Pro config that meets my meagre needs, I'd much rather stick with what I know. Tom Wiebe On Saturday, June 15, 2002, at 01:20 PM, Jerry Pasker wrote: > Maybe I'm just a corn-fused guy from Iowa, but I'm not understanding all > this talk about needing to move SIMS to X. Get a $10 PowerPC machine off > Ebay, pay another $20 shipping, toss SIMS on it, and have a mailserver > that can easily handle hundreds of accounts, and tens of thousands of > emails per day. > > Heck, if anyone *NEEDS* extra machines to run SIMS on, I could probably > get some for just the cost of shipping. A 6100/60 with a 500MB hard > drive, and 16MB of RAM can do a lot. A friend of mine recently rescued a > handful of 6100, 8100, 8500 and yes, even a 8600/(250?) from a trash bin. > > If someone can't even afford to get a low end Mac to run SIMS on, and > only needs a few accounts then they're probably not in a position to pay > for software, either. So, go download Communigate Pro, and install it > unlicensed. It works. It even says so on the Communigate download page. > The only drawback is that It'll tag your emails with a little line that > says "trial version of Communigate Pro" Just don't whine to the > Communigate Pro mailing list when you find that it's a little more > difficult to configure than SIMS (not by much though, and certainly > simpler than Sendmail). ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
