Re: ANNOUNCE: SquirrelMail Needs Your Help - Please Donate!

Feel free to encourage them to send us financial support, but
otherwise, we can't be in the business of demanding that some who use
SquirrelMail in corporate or large-scale environments have to pay and
others don't.  On the other hand, trying to put more emphasis on a
paid priority support scheme that such businesses might be likely to
join is probably good.  There are probably some other, similar models
in this realm... feel free to contribute ideas if you have them.

> There may be another option. That is, supply SquirrelMail "as is"
> under the current licence arrangements to all, but create an "added
> value" service of support and customisation - professional services -
> to corporate clients for which there would be a charge. Those clients
> wouldn't pay for the software, they'd pay for a support contract.

Yeah, that's what I'm getting at.  We more or less *do* have this now,
in the form of "official support" listed on our commercial support
page, but most people seem to miss this or think they don't need it.
I think in the future, our paid support options need to be made more
prominent, including on the download pages.

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Paul Lesniewski
SquirrelMail Team
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