RE: post.office 3.0 is coming, and it isn't cheap!

Michael Riggs ( (no email) )
Fri, 21 Mar 97 20:19:02 UT

I found it to be priced right and I was always able to speak to John, (author
/ Owner) if there were problems.. Just tell him Orlando Internet sent you.. :)

Uses the registry, has remote admin.. etc... easy setup, lists, aliases,
etc... etc.. go vist them at rockliffe.com and try it out (trial version)..

Mike

Michael Riggs, President
Orlando Internet Communications, Inc.
Computer Consulting Centers, Inc.
http://www.orlinter.com
mike@orlinter.com
SBN Level 3
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Watkins
Sent: Friday, March 21, 1997 9:23 AM
To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
Subject: RE: post.office 3.0 is coming, and it isn't cheap!

How does MailSite compare with Seattle Labs SLMail?
http://www.seattlelab.com

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.
> http://www.orlinter.com
> http://www.c3i.net
> mike@orlinter.com
> SBN Level 3
> ClubIE Team 7
> ClubWin Chapter 2
>
> -----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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