> From nanog-bounces+bonomi=mail.r-bonomi....@nanog.org Mon Feb 22 09:10:55 > 2010 > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:09:45 +0200 > From: Gadi Evron <g...@linuxbox.org> > To: NANOG Operators Group <na...@merit.edu> > Subject: Email Portability Approved by Knesset Committee > > The email portability bill has just been approved by the Knesset's > committee for legislation, sending it on its way for the full > legislation process of the Israeli parliament. > > While many users own a free email account, many in Israel still make use > of their ISP's email service. > > According to this proposed bill, when a client transfers to a different > ISP the email address will optionally be his to take along, "just like" > mobile providers do today with phone numbers. > > This new legislation makes little technological sense, and will > certainly be a mess to handle operationally as well as beurocratically, > but it certainly is interesting, and at least the notion is beautiful.
Quick! Somebody propose a snail-mail portability bill. When a renter changes to a different landlord, his snail-mail address will be optionally his to take along, "just like" what is proposed for ISP clients. > > The proposed bill can be found here [Doc, Hebrew]: > http://my.ynet.co.il/pic/computers/22022010/mail.doc > > Linked to from this ynet (leading Israeli news site) story, here: > http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3852744,00.html > > I will update this as things evolve on my blog, here: > http://gadievron.blogspot.com/ > > Gadi. >