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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