On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 6:02 PM Keith Medcalf <kmedc...@dessus.com> wrote: > > > Why would anyone with anything important to say use somethingmail.com > > Somethingmail.com is not e-mail. It is a Giggle Gaggle Google thing.
huh what? ;; ANSWER SECTION: somethingmail.com. 86400 IN MX 10 mail.somethingmail.com. ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: somethingmail.com. 172795 IN NS ns2.allnotrisk.com. somethingmail.com. 172795 IN NS ns1.allnotrisk.com. somethingmail.com. 172795 IN NS ns4.allnotrisk.com. somethingmail.com. 172795 IN NS ns3.allnotrisk.com. > > -- > 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 > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >