I've been getting messages from sympatico for the past several weeks that
my mailbox/es are full and I must sign on to the website to get rid of
unwanted mail. Yet, although my Mac money is good enough to pay for their
service, I can't log on because I have... Safari. Emails to support get an
automated response. Sitting on hold got me their recordings telling me to
sign on to the website. Speaking to a real person got me the response to
download IE to use on sympatico pages. It looks like it's time to go back
to my local independent phone company and their 3MB highspeed. No big deal
because I'm rarely getting sympatico's ultra 5MB anyway.
When you're really concerned about email privacy, regardless of which ISP
you use or which web-based emailer you think is 'safer', there's always PGP
and the various other encryption applications. The more people who use
encrypted email, the more people will _start_ using encrypted email.
Eventually the majority will be using it.
Sovereignty
more than a nick, it's a mindset
At 11:32 AM -0500 12-17-2005, Kevin O'Grady wrote:
> Just a heads up about a recent server change for sympatico users. It
> seems that they have (are in the process of) switching their email
> over to MSN (Microscrap Network). Personally, I am not comfortable
> with Sympatico (Bell Canada) giving the keys to the kingdom over to
> an organization that will likely be away from our soil and therefore
> more likely to be scrutinized by non-Canadian and/or non-Mac friendly
> eyes. I wonder if our governing body for communications (the CRTC)
> actually is aware of the change and the potential impact this could
> have on our privacy and security.
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much less interesting. Instead of following politics, the average
Canadian is busy dog sledding." - CNN/Crossfire's Tucker Carlson
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