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

[Mark Andrews]

In message <CAEUfUGO_wunoqzdjtaR3ubyvVRA9Y9rueoHK3YvQcP+4F6Lg0A at mail.gmail.com>
, Skeeve Stevens writes:
> 
> I'd love to know what is meant by SMTP.
> 
> For new providers I'm building these days my recommendation is to do NO
> mail.  Consumers can go to gmail/hotmail/etc...  and businesses run their
> own.
> 
> If I ran an SMTP relay for customers, I would tell customers not to use
> it... so there would be no record.
> 
> Business should setup a $10 per month AWS instance in the US or Japan and
> relay email through that.
> 
> My opinion is that if we don't offer the service, we can't actually log it
> or give the information over.
> 
> On the other hand.. if they are asking us to intercept traffic to figure
> this stuff out... then I'd think there would be a much bigger problem.

STARTTLS on submission.  All my outbound email goes encrypted.  The
work servers then use STARTTLS whenever they can.

If you are not offering STARTTLS on you SMTP and SUBMISSION servers, do so.

> ...Skeeve
> 
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