----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Thornberry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 14:04
Subject: RE: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Collaboration is now available :(


> I wonder if they will be interested in releasing the source code for IMail
> Server on the Open Source Market. I'm sure that I speak for most of the
> users on this list in saying that I'm ready to go back to the days of the
> "20 minute e-mail solution".

I doubt that highly.  My understanding is that ICS is simply the current
products packaged together with a rather fat price tag.  We already have
good open source mail software, stuff that kicks IMail's a**.  We've decided
to stick with IMail 7, and providing SMTP standards don't change in the
forseeable future, and providing Declude is still usable with IMail and some
enormous security issue doesn't come up which IMail won't provide a fix for,
we'll continue using the product.  I don't see any need to panic, run out,
buy another mail product just because Ipswitch has decided to change gears.

It's their product, their perogative.  They aren't cancelling any service
agreements, and they'll continue to support them.  We've run for four years
(or thereabouts) without any service agreement, and between this list and
hardwon experience, we've had no need to.  The last major disaster was
handled with a separate solution, which may, if IMail no longer serves the
purpose, serve as a springboard to Postfix.

I'm not sure why this has caused such a run on the bank here.  I can see
those who have functionality which has never worked properly in IMail having
a fit, and Ipswitch deserves to be derided for that (this is hardly a new
thing with them, btw).  For an ISP like ourselves, we don't even use the
extra functionality in IMail 7, so it's not like we were likely to upgrade
irregardless.

-- 
A. Clausen    [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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