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Originally Posted by FredOnline
Havokmon (Rick Romero) used to be active here on the forum, but does not appear to have participated for over 2 years.
Looking the vfemail website, it does look like it's on autopilot.
However, I just logged into my openmail.cc account (originally Ian Armstrong's project until Rick took it over a few years ago), an account I haven't logged into for some considerable time, and it's still working.
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I think your post is slightly unfair, and it also seems a bit unobservant.
The servers were upgraded last month and a 'status update' message about that and other matters was sent to all users, including Openmail.cc legacy users. (I know this because I am both a VFEmail subscriber and an Openmail.cc user whose account became part of VFEmail when Rick acquired Openmail from Ian Armstrong as you point out, and I received the message in both places. Didn't you see it in your inbox?)
As for Rick's participation here at EMD, his pattern over many years has been to appear here only at widely spaced intervals. In any case, it is hardly fair or logical to link his level of participation at EMD with any implied judgment about his level of management involvement in his own service!
Also, it is difficult to see why you infer from the website that VFEmail is running 'on autopilot'. If you mean that their in-house forum is not often used, it has been inactive for a long time, though Rick does answer posts when asked, so nothing has changed there for the worse. I'd be curious to know what else on the website could have given you a negative impression. All links are live, the system status indicators are active and informative, and everything is functioning as one would need or expect. Where do you get 'autopilot'?
Anyway, so far as anyone from the outside can tell (and judging from this one user's long-term personal experience), the service seems to be actively managed and maintained and is functioning well. I have encountered no outages or other problems for a long time.