At Sunflower, we use Ironports for our mail filtering. Have been really happy with the product. The reason you explained is a reason we didn't go with Barracuda. On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Marc Runkel <MRunkel@untangle.com> 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