On 4/9/2011 12:46 PM, Marc Runkel wrote:
Ok, shameless plug here, but I invite you to check out our product @
www.untangle.com<http://www.untangle.com>. Base product (including anti-spam)
is free. If you want support/web filtering/ or better spam rules they are available
as premium add-ons.
Marc Runkel
Untangle, Inc.
Director, Technical Operations
(650) 425-3333 direct
(650) 345-3788 fax
On Apr 8, 2011, at 8:51 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.
Thanks
Untangle's free version...isn't worth the bandwidth. The paid version
is ok..but it's a resource hog.