Request for assistance
Bill Horne
bill at horne.net
Tue Dec 17 18:51:52 EST 2002
----- 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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