[AusNOG] Metadata retention... it's now (almost) a thing

[Mark Cheeseman]

On 30/10/2014 3:51 PM, Scott A. McIntyre wrote:
>
> However, if the provider offered a SMTP service, then, yes, there was 
> some level of expectation of the IP of the MUA, the time, the date, 
> and the Envelope-FROM and SMTP-TO would be retained.  Things got fuzzy 
> with BCC and it depended to a certain degree on the specific MTA a 
> provider had.  If it generated the log entry as a matter of its 
> standard course of operation, the expectation was that it would be 
> retained for X months.
>
What happened in the case where a provider offers SMTP service but the 
customer doesn't use it and runs their own mail server? Is there an 
expectation that the ISP will block inbound and outbound SMTP and force 
everybody through their own servers?

-Mark