Don't you mean IpSwitch is a dead company ? ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Joe Wolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 21:53:05 -0600
>I fail to see how this is good news. You can renew your Service >Agreement... big deal. IMail is still a dead end product. > >-Joe >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Roger C. Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 8:47 PM >Subject: [IMail Forum] IMail/ICS Update > > >Dear IMail Customers, > >The messaging market has changed since we introduced IMail almost 10 years >ago. Back then, SMTP and POP3 were most of what was needed in a product. >Today, there is increasing demand for more comprehensive collaboration >solutions and the stand-alone messaging market is shrinking. That is why we >introduced Ipswitch Collaboration Suite as our messaging solution for the >future. > >In introducing ICS, though, we did not fully assess the impact on you, our >customers. Many of you have written or called to tell us about that >impact. We have listened to what you had to say and decided on the >following actions: > >1. IMail Server customers may continue to purchase Service Agreements >without upgrading to ICS. Since it is at the core of ICS, you can be >assured that we will continue to enhance and support IMail Server. As of >December 1, Service Agreement prices will increase to $695 (from $495) for >IMail Professional and to $375 (from $245) for IMail Small Business. > >Note that anti-virus subscriptions will only be sold as part of ICS. For >those who have AV, we believe the ICS value proposition is compelling. > >As always, we strongly encourage all IMail users to keep current with new >IMail releases. We do not believe that per-support-incident charges are in >the best interests of the majority of our users, and will not adopt them at >this time (but will continue to listen to your feedback). > >2. Ipswitch Instant Messaging customers may also continue to purchase >Service Agreements. As of December 1, the Service Agreement price will >increase to $195 (from $99). > >3. The December 31 deadline for cross-grade pricing to ICS has been >eliminated, so you have more time to plan. You may now make the move to ICS >on your own schedule. > >I am sure that many of you will have questions about your particular >circumstances, and I encourage you to talk to your Ipswitch or reseller >salesperson about the best path forward for you. I want to especially thank >those of you who took the time to call us and explain your situations in >detail. We are pleased that we ended up opening a more direct channel of >communications with all of you who wrote or called. Last week Bill Pollack >sent an e-mail with management names and phone numbers; please always feel >free to call us. > > >Sincerely, > > >Roger Greene >President > > > >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/ > > >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/ >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Computer Technologies Ltd http://www.ctec.co.nz] > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at ctec.co.nz --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Computer Technologies Ltd http://www.ctec.co.nz] 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/
