Interesting/disturbing. Does this affect opensrs email traffic that does not use email defence?
Could the person in charge of opensrs email please clarify this whole issue. As a Canadian, i don't want my emails subject to scrutiny by "Inland security agency". josh on 4/6/06 11:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all > I view of the recent discoveries that the email defence data center location > is moving to a United States based facility I wish to start a discussion to > hopefully stop or modify this move. I am not at issue with a move simple as to > where and the fact our clients privacy any confidentiality will now be subject > to breach......... > The issue is that once this occurs all email that enters that facility is now > subject to viewing by the "Inland security agency" which breaches to say at > minimum several policies of my clients and I'm sure of yours. If your clients > us the email defense service they instantly become subject to the same rules > once the data center is located in the continental US. > to see the power of that act I have included a link to it > http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2001/10024--g.htm. > The fact the move is occurring is posted to tucows web site its location is > below >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > https://rrc.tucows.com/releasenotes/email/emaildefense06 > New data center The new Email Defense platform will be hosted in the Qwest > data center in Denver Colorado with the recently acquired Hosted Email > systems. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > This move has never been announced publicly but was rather "hidden " and what > I mean by hidden is. ... never publicly discussed or promoted but announced on > tucows web site and I know of no other place. This is a very large very > important fact that actually makes "most" of my filtering client leave the > service due to fact of its physical location in the United States breaches > there internal policies as I will explain further. > This move should be of extreme interest to anyone using the email defense > service that is not a United States resident. The number of none US residents > is in all likely hood rather large and I am within that number. > I must be clear that I have no issue with the abilities or the facility or its > methods or staff . My issue and yours should be around its US location and now > being subject to the US inland security act. The fact that all email is now > routed into the United States and opened to scan. makes the email subject to > the "Inland Security Act" and its rules (not pretending to fully understand > those). > I will not even start to count the number of ways in which this breaches our > policies and the policies of our clients and I'm sure yours. These breaches in > my clients policies immediately makes this service inadequate for their needs > and they have already told me to find non US based provides or they must > leave. > The clients have a issue and a well researched issue to say the least. We have > several clients who came to us because our filtering data centers were located > outside the US. > I in no way am attempting to upset the apple card but this is a issue that > must be addresses quickly were aprox. 60 days or so form the move. I have been > told the location picked due to price well as the new prices for the service > is dropping roughly 50% that is a invalid point. No matter the cost or lose > this must occur and quickly. > With out a change to this data center location I can see a very large out > fluke of clients as we are now limiting our ability to offer service to other > than US based clients. To mention but a few of the organizations that will not > allow there mail to be opened or scanned in the US and have internal policy to > such are government(local municipal and federal), education, oil services, > oil exploration etc etc. now that is a very large sector of our clientele that > is now affected. > I step back and hope this start the discussion that brings this move to a full > halt. I have full faith Tucows will step up to this one and make the right > move for all resellers....... > > Your respectfully > Greg Makuch > Whatever Computes > > _______________________________________________ > domains-gen mailing list > [email protected] > http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
