Postini Exiting ISP Business?

Tue Jan 8 14:07:47 UTC 2013

We got off Postini many years ago, and have never looked back..
We switched to Katharion, today they are known as GFI Max Mail, 
Let me know if u are interested in switching, I will be more than happy to send u the contact info for them.

Regards

Faisal

On Jan 8, 2013, at 8:51 AM, "Paul Stewart" <paul at paulstewart.org> wrote:

> Hey there.
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> We have been using Postini for a number of years as our anti-spam/anti-virus
> 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." 
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> As part of this notice we were also told "You don't need to make any changes
> 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 preferred
> 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 "must
> 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 with
> leaving them, especially now.  Having said that, I'm interested in hearing
> about competitive solutions either in appliances or in cloud based - this is
> *not* an invitation for sales people to call me please.
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> Thanks,
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> Paul
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