On Sat, 13 Jun 2026, Alessandro Vesely via mailop wrote:
On Sat 13/Jun/2026 08:54:04 +0200 Jaroslaw Rafa wrote:
Often, for eg. legal and financial reasons, it is preferred - or even
necessary - to host your server in the country you are living in (or at
least with a company that has an official presence in the country you are
living in), and this is the main factor influencing the choice of a
provider. I hope we'll all remember that when such questions arise.
IANAL, but I don't see any legal reason. In Italy, we have what's known as
PEC (RFC 6109) which requires the server to have a considerable capital base
and governmental entanglements. If you don't do this kind of mail, you can
set your server wherever you like, right?
https://www.korte.co/2026/06/11/digital-sovereignty-becomes-an-imparative-as-the-us-reads-dutch-emails/
According to reporting from the Netherlands, Microsoft allegedly shared
the names and internal communications of Dutch officials working on EU
platform regulation with the U.S. House of Representatives, including
email addresses, meeting minutes, and invitations.
OK. The law did not say they had to use a Dutch/EU service, but they got
stuffed because the provider (Microsoft) was subject to different laws.
That said, I agree that, given the current circumstances, it might be wise to
avoid the U.S.
--
Andrew C. Aitchison Kendal, UK
[email protected]
_______________________________________________
mailop mailing list
[email protected]
https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
