On Apr 8, 2011, at 11:51 PM, John Palmer (NANOG Acct) wrote: > OK, its been a year since my Barracuda subscription expired. The unit still > stops some spam. I figured that I would go and see what they would do if I > tried to renew my subscription EXACTLY one year after it expired. Would their > renewal website say "Oh, you are at your anniversary date", and renew me for > a year? > > No such luck: They want me to PAY FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR for which I did NOT > receive service and then for the current (upcoming year). Sorry - I don't > allow myself to be ripped off like that. Sorry Barracuda - you get no money > from me and I'll tell everyone I know about this policy of yours. > > I posted an article about this unscrupulous practice on my blog last year at > http://www.john-palmer.net/wordpress/?p=46 > > My question is - does anyone have any suggestions for another e-mail > appliance like the Barracuda Spam Firewall that doesn't try to charge their > customers for time not used. I should be able to shut off the unit for a year > or whatever and simply renew from the point that I re-activate the unit > instead of having to pay for back-years that I didn't use.
Get a linux box or whatever and roll your own. ASSP, DSPAM, Spamassin, or other open source Tom
