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Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative?
From: Mike Gatti <ekim.ittag () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:34:25 -0400
Not an appliance but a really amazing job at stopping spam, www.messagelabs.com (purchased by Symantec). We went from messagelabs service to barracuda appliance and the difference is astronomical, whereas before i might get one or two spams a day using MessageLabs now with the barracuda I get an average of 25 to 30. -- Michael Gatti cell.703.347.4412 ekim.ittag () gmail com 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
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- Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative? Jeroen van Aart (Apr 11)
- Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative? Andrew Kirch (Apr 09)
- Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative? Marc Runkel (Apr 09)
- Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative? Matthew Welch (Apr 09)
- Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative? William Warren (Apr 10)
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- Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative? Elijah Savage (Apr 10)
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- Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative? Joshua Klubi (Apr 10)
- Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative? Mike Gatti (Apr 11)
- Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative? Rogelio (Apr 26)
- Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative? Dorn Hetzel (Apr 26)
- Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative? Rogelio (Apr 26)
- Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative? Ulf Zimmermann (Apr 27)
- Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative? Dorn Hetzel (Apr 26)
- Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative? John Palmer (NANOG Acct) (Apr 17)