On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Michael Riggs wrote:
> We dumped Post.Office long ago because of there ripoff pricing scheme! We
> found a very cool program called Rockliffe MailSite and very reasonable in
> price $395.00 (I think) unlimited......
>
> Very cool, made for NT & 95..
>
> They are at http://www.rockliffe.com
>
> Mike
>
> Michael Riggs, President
> Orlando Internet Communications, Inc.
> Computer Consulting Centers, Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Woods
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 1997 1:44 PM
> To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
> Cc: emerald@emerald.iea.com
> Subject: post.office 3.0 is coming, and it isn't cheap!
>
> For those of you holding on to post.office 2.0 unlimited keys you got when
> you bought v1.9.3, and think they've gone up in value (as Dale said his
> did), think again.
>
> Today, Software.com contacted me to participate in their usability tests
> based on my recent contacts with them regarding the spammer hole and some
> other ideas I'd given them.
>
> In essence, they're saying no, and forcing me to buy an expensive upgrade
> that STILL may not solve all my problems with spammers. The forthcoming
> 4.0 upgrade will include 400 boxes for 1.9.3 customers -- it will NOT be
> unlimited! You'll have to purchase them at AT LEAST $2 a head beyond that
> 400, with them throwing you a bone of a 25% discount through May 31st.
> Very nice of them, eh?
>
> I have more than 400 Email boxes now as it is, and the price difference to
> get as many as I need is far more than buying NTMail with unlimited
> licenses outright, and switching over. I suspect most of you still using
> 2.0 from your 1.9.3 licenses and wanting to upgrade are in the same boat.
>
> Software.com just made a major blunder, considering that post.office is
> flawed performance wise as it is compared to NTMail. I was sticking with
> them based on the investment I already had, but if I'm going to be forced
> by them into a per mailbox price scheme ANYWAY, for a fix they took FAR too
> long to produce (if Microsoft can plug security holes in 48 hours, then
> surely software.com could at least ANNOUNCE a forthcoming fix and release
> date that quickly), then they're dead in the water.
>
> So, folks, please keep this in mind when you are looking for your mail
> server packages. software.com just priced themselves out of the market,
> and I can no longer recommend them as a viable Email platform, whether it
> integrates with Emerald or not.
>
> NTMail, here I come.
>
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