Why would anyone with anything important to say use somethingmail.com
Somethingmail.com is not e-mail. It is a Giggle Gaggle Google thing. -- The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume. >-----Original Message----- >From: NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> On Behalf Of Scott Weeks >Sent: Sunday, 29 December, 2019 15:38 >To: nanog@nanog.org >Subject: Re: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic > > > >--- jhellent...@dataix.net wrote: >From: "J. Hellenthal" <jhellent...@dataix.net> > >Yeah sorry to say any email list or not is going to be one >of the things that are not going to get through unless ... >you’ve taken extra measures to circumvent that. > >Personally, email would be the easiest to block behind >riuting. >------------------------------------------- > > >After I sent the email I started to realize I likely >misunderstood. I hesitated to correct that to the list, >but here I go. :) > > >> queues can be written to media, physically transported >> in/out, and then injected either into an internal or >> external network seamlessly modulo the time delay. > >I believe he meant similar to *nix boxes where you could >just copy the files in $HOME/mail (or where ever it is) >onto media and once the data is out of the country it can >be copied onto another mail system's $HOME/mail and then >shared with the unblocked part of the internet. Not a >user account on somethingmail.com, but rather the entire >$HOME/mail of all accounts and mailed to someone else who >is somewhere else on a regular basis. Also, the reverse >path for receiving mail in the repressive country. > >A good idea either way. KISS works. :) > >scott > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > J. Hellenthal > >The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven >says a lot about anticipated traffic volume. > >> On Dec 29, 2019, at 15:57, Scott Weeks <sur...@mauigateway.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> :: If you're trying to get information in/out of a >> :: society that is raising network barriers to >> :: realtime communication, then you need methods >> :: that don't rely on a network and aren't realtime. >> >> >> This is a great idea, but 99.9% of folks use GUI >> email. :-( >> >> scott >> >> >> >> >> --- r...@gsp.org wrote: >> >> From: Rich Kulawiec <r...@gsp.org> >> To: nanog@nanog.org >> Subject: Re: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic >> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 09:11:23 -0500 >> >> >> And this is why, despite all the disdainful remarks labeling such >> things as "antiquated", mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups are vastly >> superior to web sites/message boards/et.al. when it comes to >facilitating >> many-to-many communications between people. Why? Well, there are many >> reasons, but one of the applicable ones in this use case is that their >> queues can be written to media, physically transported in/out, and then >> injected either into an internal or external network seamlessly modulo >the >> time delay. And because the computing resources required to handle >this >> are in any laptop or desktop made in the last decade, probably earlier. >> >> If you're trying to get information in/out of a society that is raising >> network barriers to realtime communication, then you need methods that >> don't rely on a network and aren't realtime. >> >> ---rsk >> >> >> >
