No, it's not bunk. You care about more and that's great but if, like the previous poster, all you care about is that "Once it's picked up by a server from my gateway machine, it's out of my control, and also no longer my worry." then the presence in the chain of a third party is not significant.
Your company, I'm sure, has very good reason to want this level of control and very good reason for ensuring it retains that control no matter what the cost but it is not typical. We might all be safer and happier for having our arms round as much of the process as possible, as you do, but it's not practical for everyone and other simply don't care. At some point you have to let go and trust that all will be well, it's just a question of when you decide / want / have to do that. -----Original Message----- From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 December 2003 16:28 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Outsourcing email? That's complete bunk. I have complete control over where mail entering and leaving my networks is delivered, as well as having full logs of those transactions. Any system sending mail to inovis.com will route to one of 4 boxes under our control - I control the publication of the MX records that point to the 4 boxes which we control. By putting Postini (or any mail outsourcer) into that flow, I have to publish MX records pointing to boxes outside my control. My systems have control of the mail until its handed off to the systems that the receivers have designated as responsible for their mail. In this schenario, I have as much control over email traffic as possible. Putting an ASP SPAM service in the middle creates a situation in which you don't have control over your own mail delivery, and that's not something which my company is willing to give up. 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]
