Why not just find another ISP?
FWIW: AOL Canada, the Canadian @Home partners, and most of the mom-and-pop
ISPs I've used also don't allow their subscribers to use anyone's else SMTP
servers.(You can use any POP server you want, though, to receive mail.)
In fact, this is pretty much standard operating procedure for most ISPs
which want to control access to their SMTP servers to prevent them from
being used as launching pads for DDoS attacks and spam. I think most
Internet users would consider this a reasonable policy.
Sympatico's servers, in fact, were left wide open in the Ottawa area 18
months ago and were used for all sorts of nefarious purposes, which ended up
degrading or destrying the service for all legitimate users. (Some
subscribers who contacted us were without e-mail service for two weeks or
more.)
If you want all outgoing mail to be untraceable -- use someone's Web mail
from a public library or other public terminal, buy a premium service like
Freedom from ZKS or use an anonymizing service.
There's lots of issues that cypherpunks and cybercitizens ought to raise
awareness and fight for but is the right to use any SMTP server really that
important?
David Akin / Senior technology reporter
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert Guerra
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 8:22 AM
> To: Canadian Cryptography Mailing List
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [crypto-canada] Fwd: Re: Might not be able to send outgoing
> SMTP via CRF !!!
>
>
> Might anyone her in Canada be able to help...?
>
>
>
> regards
>
> Robert Guerra
>
> --- begin forwarded text
>
>
> Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 08:16:26 -0400
> To: Dave Del Torto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jennifer Stisa Granick
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Cindy Cohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: Robert Guerra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Might not be able to send outgoing SMTP via CRF !!!
> Cc: Electronic Frontier Foundation <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Gilmore
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Bcc:
> X-Attachments:
>
> Dave:
>
> Thanks for sending out the message to John & Cindy..I appreciate any
> help tey might be able to offer..Though I must point out that my
> provider, Bell Canada, is a Canadian ISP and thus subject to
> Canadian and not US law..
>
> That being said, If you guys can still be of help...it sure would be
> wonderfull.
>
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
>
> At 11:53 AM -0700 2001/5/22, Dave Del Torto wrote:
> >Jennifer, Cindy & John,
> >
> >If ever there were a perfect little ISP test case, this might well be
> >it. Sympatico is apparently bowing to the pressures from the Canadian
> >intel/LE community to add trackability to all its users' accounts by
> >forcing them to route mail through their own mailservers.
> >
> >It seems to me that this new Sympatico policy is a direct violation
> >of users' right to use any mailserver they wish to for sending
> >outgoing mail.
> >
> >I wonder: is there anything that the Stanford Internet Law Clinic, in
> >conjunction with EFF and CRF can do about this little outrage?
> >
> > dave
> >
> >
> >
> >At 1:50 am -0400 2001-05-22, Robert Guerra wrote:
> >>I'd appreciate any help in trying to fight this decision which will
> >>force me to use my ISP's smtp server instead of the one we have on
> >>the CRF server.
> >>
> >>as it's late...i'll try to get more higher up contacts tomorrow morning.
> >>
> >>regards
> >>
> >>robert
> >>
> >>
> >>--- begin forwarded text
> >>
> >>From: "Sympatico" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 01:09:05 -0400
> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Subject: Important! Check your Sympatico Email Server Settings
> >>
> >>As a valued Bell Sympatico(TM) member, we want to ensure that you
> >>are enjoying your online experience and are protected from any
> >>misuse of the Internet.
> >>
> >>To help protect you and other members from unwanted or unsolicited
> >>email messages, efforts are being put in place to restrict the use
> >>of non-Sympatico email servers. Sympatico members will now use the
> >>Sympatico email servers to send their email.
> >>
> >>As of May 28, 2001, please use the correct Sympatico email setting.
> >>If you have changed any of your email server settings to a
> >>non-Sympatico address, please correct your settings by May 28,
> >>2001. Otherwise, you will not be able to send email until you have
> >>done so. The Bell Sympatico outgoing mail server address is:
> >>
> >>smtp1.sympatico.ca
> >>For instructions on how to confirm or change your email server
> >>settings with the email
> >>software you use, please visit:
> >>http://memberservices.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/go.exe?Hit:x=505&y=53
3&z=8726685
>>
>>
>>Thank you for your cooperation in this regard.
>>
>>The Sympatico Member Services Team
>>
>>Sympatico is a trade-mark of Bell ActiMedia Inc., used under
>>license. The service is provided
>>by Bell ActiMedia Inc.</x-charset>e
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