Re: [IMail Forum] New IMail Anti-Virus ad Declude

[Ken Anderson]

Here is what I sent in response to there big idea!

As a valued customer for two years at that price, I will stay will Declude!!! $500.00 unlimated single server one time price and F-Prot or McAfee $40.00 - $50.00 one time!

They are way out in left field with this idea!!!

> --- Original Message ---
> From: Roger Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 08:52:37 -0600
> Subject: [IMail Forum] New IMail Anti-Virus ad Declude
>
> As someone who has used Imail for many years and begged to
> have an integrated antivirus solution for several years in
> the Imail forum, we have been very grateful to Scott and
> Declude for such wonderful add-on products that have achieved
> this for us. Len too came up with a popular method is due credit
> much as well. I wish to personally thank both for their
> substantial help over the years here with Imail.
>
> Now after I begged for this solution for years, and Imail
> just sits there on their hands, they now introduce a new
> intergrated solution today charging thousands just like the
> big antivirus companies, instead of partnering with Declude
> for more rational ethical solutions, with more features, at
> the fraction of the costs.
>
> http://www.ipswitch.com/Products/IMail_Server/antivirus.html
>
> I don't know who John Korsak, Product Marketing Manager
> for IMail Server is, but his announcement this morning of
> this limited featured product for substantially greater
> cost is rediculous. I don't know about the rest of the long
> time Imail users, like me, feel, but this is about as
> offensive as it gets. As far as I am concerned we were going
> to dump Imail until Scott made Declude. I am sure I am not
> alone in this consideration. I've been in professional
> marketing for some 25 years and I've never witnessed anything
> quite like this.
>
> Seeing the absurdity of this, I would not blame Scott or Len
> for stopping any and all Imail add-on development. We were
> going to upgrade to Imail 7.x but have now decided not to do
> this. We may well begin searching for a solution where we
> can deal with people who don't pull these rediculous marketing
> ploys and stave off valuable add-on development.
>
> Does any one here really want to spend $7,850 for a product
> that has half the features of Declude at $795? Who's kidding
> who? It seems very obvious Ipswitch wants to get some 'big
> hits' on naive buyers rather than simply work with great
> add-on people like Scott and Len who have been of invaluable
> help to Ipswitch, the users of Imail, and its community while
> Ipswitch simply sat silently on their laurals for years
> putting out features that had no comparison what-so-ever to
> the importance of anti-virus in email.
>
> I was just the personal guest of senior editors at Ziff Davis
> Media in NYC last week discussing the related subjects of
> desktop and email security. Perhaps I should recommend an
> article on the 'great anti-virus rip-off' where companies
> like Declude and Frisk should be given far more credit for
> their honest and rational solutions?
>
> --
> Roger Heath
>
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