Off-Thread, but... Avoid LiveStats... anything after version 5 was clunky,
slow, and unstable.  We went with Urchin, and it's been GREAT.  It also
comes in a Linux version as well.

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Spaminator
 > Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 2:53 PM
 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Collaboration is now available :(
 >
 >
 >
 > 95% of our 900 users use web messaging; they don't need or want
 > Outlook-like collaboration; they never use calendaring; we were
 > already making plans to move away from the horrible IMail
 > Anti-Spam Premium Edition (we had to delete the "Main" mailbox
 > for 170 users because of the new Bagle and Netsky viruses that
 > got right through Imail AV this morning (we update hourly)).
 >
 > This smells like what WebTrends recently did... we used
 > WebTrends Reporting Center 6 for basic reporting.  It ran us
 > about $14k or so.  With their new "pay-per-page-view" model in
 > WebTrends 7, their charge to us was $956,000.  A YEAR.  A
 > million bucks for basic web analytics!  NO way to downgrade to
 > reduced functionality.  After an outburst from the end users,
 > they're now supposedly considering it (too late, we're moving to
 > LiveStats).  If we all speak up (as we are!), maybe IpSWitch
 > will listen, too.
 >
 > You'd think Ipswitch would have, you know, SURVEYED their users
 > to see what they would be willing to accept...
 >
 > BTW, we now know where the updates to the broken subject/reply
 > to issue in the 8.13 web templates is... all resources were
 > focused on ICS.  Sorry, Ipswitch... first thing after lunch, I'm
 > going to look for a new platform.
 >
 >
 > ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
 > From: Martin Schaible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 > Date:  Mon, 25 Oct 2004 19:59:43 +0200
 >
 > Hi,
 >
 > Last week I had a very long phone call with ipswitch about ICS
 > and the future of IMail.
 > So, Ipswitch moves to the direction "buy nothing or everthing".
 > The really big shock is
 > this, that an normal subscription will nore more be available.
 >
 > As an small ISP, we can't afford an upgrade to ICS. Simple like that.
 > We made a quick phone poll to our customers and everbody was
 > upset about this new strategy.
 >
 > Mostly all customers ha choosen IMail as a simple, powerful but
 > affordable Mail-Server.
 > About 50% are running AntiVirus Standard, the others have an
 > seperate Antivirus Gateway.
 >
 > As an gold partner of ipswitch, i'm really afraid to lose most
 > of our IMail-customers.
 > Our customers are *not* willing to buy things, they don't need.
 >
 > I hope, that tons of customers worldwide are also upset and
 > ipswitch will follow to the customer
 > needs and not the dreams of the marketing department.
 >
 > Or in other words: Give us IMail Pro back, including the simple
 > subscriptions and
 > offer all Gadgets seperatly.
 >
 > To answer some questions, before they will occur:
 >
 > - AntiVirus Pro or standard is included. IMail without any
 > AntiVirus solution is not supported.
 > - "Classic" Subscriptions are no longer available.
 > - ICS is bound to certain numbers of seats or unlimited.
 >
 >
 > ============================================
 > Am Montag, 25. Oktober 2004 um 19:31 schrieben Sie:
 >
 > > Actually my concerns are more about the future life of Imail
 > as separate
 > > stand-alone email server.  Or will it become so integrated into the
 > > Collaboration package that one will be forced to the package?
 > Also will
 > > Imail development/improvements take a back seat to the package?
 >
 > > John
 >
 > > -----Original Message-----
 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John
 > Tolmachoff
 > > (Lists)
 > > Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 12:16 PM
 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 > > Subject: [IMail Forum] Collaboration is now available :(
 > > Importance: High
 >
 > > I don't believe this.
 >
 > > Instead of creating an add-on package, the collaboration
 > package is an all
 > > encompassing package, including Imail, Premium Anti-Virus and
 > Killer Webmail
 > > templates.
 >
 > > This is crazy.
 >
 > > You are being asked to pay for Imail again along with paying
 > for "Premium
 > > Anit-Virus" even if you already have Imail and do not want the
 > Anti-Virus.
 >
 > > John Tolmachoff
 > > Engineer/Consultant/Owner
 > > eServices For You
 >
 >
 >
 >
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