I agree, I wouldn't want to run all my internal only mail through a service provider for spam/virus filtering. As for outgoing mail and inbound mail, why make it easy for someone to run a man in the middle intelligence gathering operation against your company? Running all your mail through one easy to access service point makes it very easy for some disgruntled service provider employee (who I don't have any control over), to make copies of all the mail and then black market it.
Yes, a M-i-T-M attack can be run on the net, but in order to gather the amounts of data necessary to make it worth while, you need a choke point. You couldn't get enough information about my business if all you did was M-I-T-M my mail going to and from Cisco, or some other vendor like that. John Matteson Geac Corporate ISS (404) 239 - 2981 Atlanta, Georgia, USA. -----Original Message----- From: Shotton Jolyon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 10:33 AM Posted To: Exchange Discussion List Conversation: Outsourcing email? Subject: RE: Outsourcing email? I totally appreciate Paul's point of not wanting another potential delay that you can't control imposed but the data security aspect I don't understand. Email, if unencrypted, is insecure. If you are emailing something unencrypted outside your organisation you should assume it is public knowledge. I really don't see that adding another handler makes any difference at all. It is by definition no longer "Company Insider" if you've sent it outside the company. Noone was suggesting that mail between internal sites should be routed through this sort of service (Were they? Does anyone really have an internal Spam problem?) -----Original Message----- From: John Matteson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 December 2003 15:03 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Outsourcing email? Why would you want the control of your un-encrypted, completely open to reading, mission critical, company insider information, mail left to someone outside your control? Do yourself a great big favor by keeping it in house. The information contained in this e-mail is intended for the recipient or entity to whom it is addressed. It may contain confidential information that is exempt from disclosure by law and if you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy, distribute or take any act in reliance on it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete from your system. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
