Software Reviews by SMiller

GFI's Mail Archiver is a great product but the licensing model is horrible. After our evaluation, I purchased 100 user license for my 85 user firm. Then discovered that every mailbox in Active Directory counts against the license total whether it is archived or not, irregardless if it represents a real user. For example, Outlook Resources require mail enabled user accounts even though they represent things like Conference Rooms or vehicles. Those count. Disabled mailboxes count. The required mailbox for Backup Exec counts. You may have mail enabled accounts for alerts, test users, or scanners that send scans to internal users. They all count irregardless if they are archived or not. And what if you had 500 users and only needed to archive 100? Tough luck there. For licensing purposes the software does not recognize how many mailboxes are actually being archived, only the total number in active directory. Price: Free Trial ($650.00)
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• Recommend to a friend? Maybe
• Posted Jan 25, 2006