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Re: Anti-recommendation: Comcast.



 Dan Ritter wrote: 
> At about 3:17 AM on Thursday the 17th, Comcast imposed a filter on port 25 
> (SMTP) inbound to my cable modem. 

Why npot put it on another port? 

> 
> The freedom to manage your own email is essential in today's legal 
> environment, in which the government appears not to need a subpoena to 
> read your email if a third party stores it for you. 
Agreed, but anything and everything is likely being captured anyway, 
providing coverage even if a third party doesn't cave in.  The third 
party deal means less work. 

Freedom?  I'll check my old High School civics textbook for some nostalgia. 

/m 


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