[THIN] Re: Mildly OT/ the disclaimer in Exchange 2003 (or not) from 5.5
- From: "Nick Smith" <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 14:18:10 -0000
Unfortunately,
GFI are about to change their policy on this:
"in light of partner feedback..."
* Prices for most of our products have increased. While pricing
remains a competitive advantage, this increase allows for better margins
for our partners and increased support for channel programs from GFI.
* <snip>
* There is no longer Freeware - customers will need to purchase
our products to retain usability of any and all features.
* In line with industry standards, we have shortened the
evaluation period to 30 days.
I'm not entirely sure what partners they are talking to. Strangely
enough, we *didn't* ask them to raise their prices by 18%, kill their
Freeware product, and cut the evaluation period which made them stand
out from other products. Clearly we're just odd.
This takes effect from 1st January, so download and install the freeware
now!
Nick
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From: Andrew Wood [mailto:andrew.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 05 December 2005 13:50
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Mildly OT/ the disclaimer in Exchange 2003 (or not)
from 5.5
Jim,
You're right about the free GFI disclaimer - have used that in the past.
And it has some anti-spam stuff - but I think there's an add-on now from
Microsoft as part of the latest SP to do some of this functionality.
Pay attention to the note in the MS article :-
Note If you use a MAPI client, such as Microsoft Outlook, to send the
e-mail message, the recipient does not receive a modified e-mail
message. This is because the e-mail message that is submitted by using
MAPI is not in an SMTP format when the e-mail message triggers the SMTP
transport event. Therefore, changes that are made by the code of the
event are not persisted.
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Jim Kenzig http://Kenzig.com
Sent: 05 December 2005 13:27
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Mildly OT/ the disclaimer in Exchange 2003 (or not)
from 5.5
Actually I sold the site to Techgenix. I am still hosting thethin.net
content on my servers though.
As far as your problem goes,
I've read that GFI has a disclaimer functionality in their demo version
that remains FREE even after it expires. http://www.gfi.com/mes/
Here is how to build your own with visual basic from MS
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;317327&Product=e
xch2003
Also check out DisclaimIT http://www.netal.com/disclaimit.htm or
eXclaimer
http://www.exclaimer.com/
Jim
Jim Strowe <jstrowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Alas, trying to upgrade I find that:
1. The 5.5 Exchange version (with the right resource kit plugin)
can do a disclaimer
2. I am still quite surprised that our friends at Microsoft
didn't think that 2003 needed that feature.
So far I found the "create your own sink" DLL script (that only
works for SMTP mail).
I also found the "force all your mail to be SMTP mail.
(elsewise the above choice does not work.
Would that be the solution....i.e. create the stupid DLL since
Microsoft doesn't, and then force all mail via the connector to go
SMTP.?
Jim, if you happen to read this... nice revision on the thin
page. (spare time buddy or what? )
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