I find this *really* annoying

aluminumsulfate at earthlink.net aluminumsulfate at earthlink.net
Fri Apr 8 19:50:01 EDT 2005


   Cc: "Steven W. Orr" <steveo at syslang.net>, gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org
   From: Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net>
   Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 09:49:19 -0400

   Sure, because I'm on their wire, they can obviously find out some
   level of information about me.  But by me relaying through their
   servers, I make it really easy for them.

If you're just using their wire, your traffic is going by them at the
network level.  Using their mailserver, you're "advertising" that
traffic up at the protocol level.  So, it's more conspicuous to boot.

Mail servers are also likely to be configured to log (or even archive)
by default.  By comparison, it is less likely that an ISP will have a
network analyzer or packet logger on your line.




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