[159311] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Postini Exiting ISP Business?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Faisal Imtiaz)
Tue Jan 8 09:08:22 2013
In-Reply-To: <34f601cdeda7$3c96ce90$b5c46bb0$@paulstewart.org>
From: Faisal Imtiaz <faisal@snappydsl.net>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 09:07:47 -0500
To: Paul Stewart <paul@paulstewart.org>
Cc: "<nanog@nanog.org>" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
We got off Postini many years ago, and have never looked back..
We switched to Katharion, today they are known as GFI Max Mail,=20
Let me know if u are interested in switching, I will be more than happy to s=
end u the contact info for them.
Regards
Faisal
On Jan 8, 2013, at 8:51 AM, "Paul Stewart" <paul@paulstewart.org> wrote:
> Hey there.
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> We have been using Postini for a number of years as our anti-spam/anti-vir=
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> protection for customer email accounts.
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> Mid last year we received a notice from Google that "In 2013, we plan to
> transition your Postini services to Google Apps for Business."=20
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> As part of this notice we were also told "You don't need to make any chang=
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> to your Postini service or sign up for a Google Apps account. Your Postini=
> service will continue as usual until your migration begins. We will be in
> touch at least 60 days before your renewal date."
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> In mid November, Google sent us a letter that stated that we had until the=
> end of 2013 to basically get off their service or to contact their preferr=
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> partner (Tech Excel) and migrate to Google Apps with them.
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> Recently we have now been told in email by someone at Postini that we "mus=
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> transition ASAP" and that we really only had til the end of 2012. Geesh,
> talk about confusing.. Not a great way to treat a long term customer!
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> Anyone else getting the complete "run around" by Postini? We are fine wit=
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> leaving them, especially now. Having said that, I'm interested in hearing=
> about competitive solutions either in appliances or in cloud based - this i=
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> *not* an invitation for sales people to call me please.
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> Thanks,
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> Paul
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