Hi Dev, > If I were Merak, I would put together a special > low-cost "welcome" package just for the hundreds of > Imail customers bolting Ipswitch in the next 3 months. Ask Merak ;-)
I visited their webpage and my first impression about the *modular* products was really positive. But i don't give up. I hope, that our posts are reflecting the typical, mainstream thinking about the new strategy and somebody at ipswitch takes this serious. Somebody wrote, that the development of IMail was not forced this year. This is really true. I think, that ipswitch used all resources to build up the new ICS. All bug reports and feature requests are disappeared somewhere. This opens a new question, indepenedly of ICS: Does ipswitch move IMail, �hh, ICS to a next level? At this time, IMail has a lot of concurrent products, eg. merak, mailenable. Actually IMail has an big bug in the antispam engine since month. No bugfix is available. SPF is already not supported and a few other things. I asked ipswitch for a roadmap a few times. The answer was: "we don't have one". I don't believe this ;-) Before spending a huge amount of money into ICS, general questions about the future and support of the product must be asked. The price moved now from a VW Beetle to an BMW. The criterias for an evaluation in this price range are much more heavier. ICS is now "version 1". OK, the base is IMail and other well known peaces of software, but i have no clue about the collaboration module. I know, that it is a 3Party Software. Ipswitch runs a high risk to fail, i'm sure. At the End, The poor thing is this: We spent a lot of time in IMail. As a gold partner i have no problems with that. With this new strategy i feel like "shot in the back" (We say that in german...) ============================================ Am Dienstag, 26. Oktober 2004 um 01:53 schrieben Sie: > Unfreakinbelievable. I am stunned at Ipswitch > arrogance. > I'd bet Ipswitch Product Managers tonight are > completely stunned by the negative list responses--and > a recrimination earthquake (and major CYA) will occur > tomorrow morning at Ipswitch headquarters. > If I were Merak, I would put together a special > low-cost "welcome" package just for the hundreds of > Imail customers bolting Ipswitch in the next 3 months. > Anyways, we will also be dumping Imail in the future. > Anybody have actual hands-on experience (good or bad) > with a Merak installation? > Merak sounds very powerful and a good value, but there > is no substitute for the experiences of someone who has > administered it in a production environment. > Anybody? > Dev > Monday, October 25, 2004, 1:03:32 PM, you wrote: MHoS>> Merak looks pretty impressive. Thanks for the lead! MHoS>> -----Original Message----- MHoS>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MHoS>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] MHoS>> Behalf Of Chris Moody MHoS>> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 1:27 PM MHoS>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MHoS>> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Collaboration is now available :( MHoS>> I know I am going to have a lot of MHoS>> explaining to do to several customer MHoS>> that MHoS>> I sold on Imail. :( MHoS>> Looks like a bunch of us are learning Linux and Postfix MHoS>> http://www.postfix.org/ or (*shutter*) MHoS>> going to Merak Mail MHoS>> http://www.merakmailserver.com/ MHoS>> ----- Original Message ----- MHoS>> From: "Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MHoS>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MHoS>> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 1:58 PM MHoS>> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Collaboration is now available :( >>> I just got off the phone with Ipswitch, and it is absolutely true -- MHoS>> IMail >>> will no longer be offered as a stand-alone product. This is the MHoS>> ultimate MHoS>> in >>> arrogance, and shows a complete disregard for their existing customer MHoS>> base. >>> >>> I will be looking to replace IMail, and would be very interested to MHoS>> receive >>> any recommendations. >>> >>> Bill Puetz >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe: >>> http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >>> List Archive: MHoS>> http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >>> Knowledge Base/FAQ: >>> http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >>> > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ ============================================ -- Mit freundlichen Gr�ssen -------------------------------------------- Merlin Consulting Martin Schaible Bahnhofstrasse 27 CH-8702 Zollikon Phone: +41 1 391 30 00 Fax: +41 1 391 32 49 Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.merlinconsulting.ch Support: http://support.merlinconsulting.ch GPS: N47 20.235 E8 34.226 -------------------------------------------- News - Neue Produkte: .:. Kiwi Syslog Monitor .:. Paessler GmbH .:. Sawmill Loganalyzer -------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
