Update on F-prot issue

[Kevin Miller]

I bought the Small business version in April, so my dues are paid up for
another 8 or 9 months.  I'll figure out next spring what I want to do
regarding renewal.  I don't want them to go out of business, but think their
definition of mail server is pretty clear, if not explicit.  I've described
how I use it to them, and they said that was a mail server as far as they
were concerned.  So OK, they made the rules and have to compete by them.
FWIW, on the secondary mail server I'm building I *didn't* go w/F-prot.
They get to make the rules & I get to decide where I'm getting best value.
In this case it was f-secure, although Command Antivirus made me a very
competitive offer too.  F-Prot priced themselves out of the market.

Interestingly, their web site asks for a customer number, and when I enter
it, they only display the various server versions of the software.  Go
figure.  But I can pull it down from the home user section of their web
site...

...Kevin
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Kevin Miller                Registered Linux User No: 307357
CBJ MIS Dept.               Network Systems Administrator, Mail
Administrator
155 South Seward Street     ph: (907) 586-0242
Juneau, Alaska 99801        fax: (907 586-4500


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Julian Field [mailto:mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 2:19 PM
>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: Re: Update on F-prot issue
>
>
>At 23:03 05/08/2003, you wrote:
>>Thanks for the update Raymond.  I just downloaded:
>>
>>         fp-linux-ms-4.1.2.tar.gz - F-Prot Antivirus for
>Linux Mail Servers
>>(TAR)
>>
>>I presume that's the right one - last spring I got the small business
>>version, but now they've renamed their products so I'm
>guessing that the
>>mail server version is what I'm after.
>>
>>If someone knows differently, please let me know.
>
>All you need is the Desktop edition. The only thing you need is the
>command-line-based scanner, which is included in all versions.
>None of the
>extra facilities in the "server" or "mail server" versions
>will be used.
>
>And as their software licence fails to define the terms "workstation",
>"server" or "mail server", they can hardly hold you in breach
>of their licence.
>However, if you can afford it, you might like to buy the
>"server" version.
>It doesn't offer any extra facilities that you will need, but
>none of us
>really want F-Prot going bankrupt.
>--
>Julian Field
>www.MailScanner.info
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