Request for assistance

[bill at horne.net (Bill Horne)]

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Chambers" <jc at trillian.mit.edu>


[big snip]

> Summary:  SMTP servers are needed only for recieving mail.  They  are
> not needed for sending mail.  Doing so waste's time and resources. If
> your ISP requires using their server, you should be very  suspicious,
> and  you should consider encrypting your mail.  They wouldn't want to
> use their hardware for this unless it was profitable.   Ask  yourself
> how they could profit from having your email stored on their disks.

[snip]

They probably do it because windows boxen insist on a single address for all
outgoing mail.

If an ISP *monitors* outgoing mail, I suspect it's because they want to know
who my friends are, and don't give a damn about what I say to them: ergo,
encryption wouldn't help unless I used anonymous relay sites.

Of course, even we paranoids have enemies, but I never attribute to the NSA
what may adequately be explained by insurance salesmen looking for leads.

Bill
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