iMail Server Customer Support Guide

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Customer Support Channels

You can’t have award-winning products without an award-winning support system. We offer a comprehensive blend of support resources, ranging from an expansive Knowledge Base to responsive phone support delivered by our product engineers. Whatever your needs, we’re here to help your IT team shine.

Our support offerings include:

  • Progress Community: A meeting ground for our customers, partners and employees where everyone can discuss challenges, share stories and trade tips. If you’ve got a question, there’s a good chance someone’s already answered it in the Progress Community.
  • Online Knowledge Base: A repository of all product information designed to help you find the right answer, fast. Get quick answers and fast results at the Knowledge Base.
  • Technical Support: If all else fails, who better to ask than the people who built the product? Submit a ticket online via SupportLink or call our technical support hotline during business hours and our product engineers will help you find the ideal solution to your specific situation.

Your success is our success, which is why we take our technical support very seriously. Our support team is assessed by Net Promoter Score (NPS) instead of the number of cases they close. With anything above 50 considered “excellent,” our support team has an NPS of 60.

Contacting Progress Technical Support

Support Eligibility

Technical support is available for Ipswitch products and services with active maintenance and support services or subscriptions. Please review the Product Lifecycle for supported versions of our products.
WS_FTP Pro is not eligible for live telephone support. WS_FTP Pro cases can be submitted online.

Customer Support Knowledge Base

Before opening a support case or calling technical support, consult the online Knowledge Base. Our Knowledge Base is a consolidation of all product information in one location so you can find the right answer fast. Pose a specific question or search the Knowledge Base by topic. For quick answers and fast results to one or more questions, customers can use these self-help resources instead of creating a support case.

If you cannot find the answer to your question in the public Knowledge Base, you can either:

We provide unlimited phone support during business hours (available on the phone support page) as well as optional emergency support 24x7x365 for business-critical issues.

Technical support via the phone is available for customers with an active service agreement, subscription or are under warranty (which covers the first 30 days after purchase). Additionally, after-hours emergency technical support is available only to customers with an extended support contract.

Managing your Customer Support Case

How fast can I get an answer?

In order to ensure timely responses and resolutions to your cases, we measure our performance against Service Level Objectives (SLOs). Our SLO is to meet our established timelines for 80% or more of your cases. You can view our SLOs here.

Can I escalate my Support Case?

You may escalate your support case within the case directly, by calling the Support phone and asking to speak to your assigned Support Engineer, or you may reach one of our Support Managers through the contact info available on this page.

When will Support close your Support Case?

Engineers will only close cases when the issue is resolved, and with your agreement, unless:

  • Support has tried repeatedly to contact you, and you have not responded
  • A timescale has been agreed in advance for when the case can be closed if we have not heard from you.
How can I reopen a Support Case?

If the issue is not resolved, the Support Case can be reopened responding to the email thread or Phone Support. When reopening a Support Case, please provide the reason for reopening the case as well as any new information that was not available when the case was closed. If encountering a new issue, open a new Support Case to enable our engineers to focus on individual problems.

Product Support

More information can be found in our Product Lifecycle for supported versions of our products (iMail Server Product lifecycle).