RE: [cobalt-users] Open Relaying

[<rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Besides, what right does any administrator have to decide
> what email their users receive or don't receive.  I had an
> ISP that did that and I promptly left them...

JC,

Remember that not all are in the same situation. I only host about 20 sites
total, and the relationship is significantly more involved. Thus I try to
accommodate the owner of each site even on weird requests. What their
policies are with their users is their problem, not mine. (But I'm not
deciding for them...)

Also, my most important client is my own company, with about 80 employees
now. The other 19 sites are freelance; the server goes in my own rack at
work and, since I own part of the company, no one cares if I have a
profitable hobby.

But the mail I *do* control (not censor, not read, not even sample) is that
of my employees. And since their misuse of this resource can cause the
company legal problems, there is a *very* public policy of storing copies of
all maillogs, freedom to read employees' mail, etc. That's why I'm trying to
find a way to get a copy of *every* mail message into or out of the box sent
to one mailbox for storage. (Actually, they think I'm already doing it...
<grin>)

Personal mail? Bomb threats? Time-wasting? That's what freemail services are
for, and 90% of my staff have @yahoo.com email accounts for their personal
stuff. The concept, as a whole, works like a charm.

--
Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>