[Mimedefang] MD and all of its users appear to be in violation of a US Patent

[Stephen Smoogen]

On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, David F. Skoll wrote:

>Hi, All.
>
>At the office, we've (naturally) been talking about this patent.
>
>It's pretty clear to me that their claims are badly-written, overly-broad,
>and covered by substantial prior art.  I'm sure a compentent legal and
>technical team could get the patent invalidated.
>
>I also can't imagine who Postini would go after.  It makes no sense for them
>to go after little guys like us, because we have no money.  It makes no sense
>for them to go after big guys like Brightmail, because Postini would get
>clobbered in court.  And there simply aren't that many medium-sized players
>to go after.
>

Well if they do go after you, please let us users know somehow so that
we can start paying your legal defense.


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