Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative?

[Elijah Savage <esavage () digitalrage org>]

FreeBSD, Postfix, Amavisd, Spamassassin, Clamav and TLS

I have seen and deployed this combination as a mail relay to exchange both in and out of large organizations 35,000 
plus hosting multiple domains as well as small organizations. With a few scripts it is essentially self containing very 
little maintenance.

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.
>
> Thanks