Don't shoot since I'm just the messenger and we are not a customer but since we just received a proposal from them...
The Postini sales pitch tells you specifically that absolutely no email , unless identified as SPAM and therefore quarantined, ever gets written to disk anywhere in their system. Not sure if it's totally believable but that's what they say. They also state that even the quarantined emails are not written to backup so there should be no effect on storage/recovery issues such as those required by the SEC, NASDAQ, etc... Since the "good" email is never written to disk and you have the ability to log into your company's email that was quarantined, there should be no issue since your email is not exposed to any additional scrutiny or exposure. Just the two cents from them.. NOT ME.. -----Original Message----- From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Monday, March 24, 2003 9:26 AM Posted To: dsm_lists Conversation: postini spam control Subject: RE: postini spam control 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] NOTICE: This e-mail message and any attachment to this e-mail message contains confidential information that may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not review, retransmit, convert to hard copy, copy, use or disseminate this e-mail or any attachments to it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by telephone at 954-764-6660 and delete this message. Please note that if this e-mail message contains a forwarded message or is a reply to a prior message, some or all of the contents of this message or any attachments may not have been produced by Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster, & Russell, P.A. _________________________________________________________________ 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]
