The difference is that it isn't being relayed through my ISP's mail servers. Therefore, to my ISP, its just another set of traffic on the wire. By it passing through a third party mailer, by definition it must be stored before being forwarded. That's enough of a difference to matter, IMO.
It is still "in the clear" so its susceptible to snooping. It just requires more effort to do, and that effort delta is definitely non-zero. -------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 9:08 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: postini spam control > > > On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, at 11:40am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > No one gets my MX records but me. Period. There's too much > marginally > > confidential information crossing email these days to make that a > > practical solution for all byt the smallest shops. > > The thing is, cleartext email being sent over the Internet > is insecure anyway. Your ISP (or their ISP, or the other > end's ISP, or ...) doesn't need to be the MX to snoop your > mail. The data is already flowing through their network. > Don't get me wrong; the problem of confidential information > being sent in email is a real one. But the "run your own MX" > thing just seems like you're giving yourself a false sense of > security. > > -- > Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the > author and do > | | not represent the views or policy of any other person or > organization. | > | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. > | > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
