This article is to help you understand the Proofpoint Essentials Support SLAs in better detail and what each Priority means in our system. 

Only email sent directly to support@proofpointessentials.com or requests logged at our web portal (http://support.proofpointessentials.com)will actually create a support ticket.  Any other communication will not be logged into our support system accurately and may not receive the appropriate attention or the necessary escalation requested. Please make sure you open a support ticket via the web portal or our support email.

Support Tickets are assigned a Ticket ID and an auto responder email is relayed to the user who submitted the Ticket ID through one of the mediums above. Your ticket will be assigned a priority automatically. If you feel the assigned priority is not appropriate for your ticket, you can change this priority directly by logging on to http://support.proofpointessentials.com. This site also has a Knowledgebase and a News section to help you keep abreast of the service. 

Support Priorities are assigned to all tickets and take the entire service and our user base into context when assigned. The following table shows examples of support request response times and assigned priorities. Remember that you can change an assigned priority at any time and that the answers to the most common requests are available in the Knowledgebase at http://support.proofpointessentials.com. The support team reserves the right to change the priority pending review of the criteria of your ticket per the table below.  You will be notified via a comment in the ticket if any priority changes are made.

Please remember that in your terms of service, your company, our partner, shall provide tier 1 support for your end-users. Proofpoint Essentials Support will assist in finding a solution for you only after tier 1 resources have been exhausted. Direct end-user support will not be provided and any direct contact will be deferred back to our partner for assistance.