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Re:Lavabit abruptly shuts down by harrytuttle on Thursday August 08, 2013 @06:34PM (#6182440)
Well anything that hits an MTA or MDA and sits in a queue somewhere on rust is liable to be snagged. That's usually every host between you and the destination MUA.

The whole protocol and mail delivery system is fucking hopeless.

As an ex-ISP mail architect and ex-operations guy, I hope the whole existing email protocol suite and architecture dies in a fire.

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Re:Lavabit abruptly shuts down by pyre on Thursday August 08, 2013 @07:23PM (#6182676)
The problem is that, left to market forces, we would end up with an email solution that looks like (or is) Facebook.
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Re:Lavabit abruptly shuts down by harrytuttle on Friday August 09, 2013 @03:32AM (#6184203)
I'd rather we stopped talking electronically than ended up with Facebook.
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Re:Lavabit abruptly shuts down by angersock on Thursday August 08, 2013 @07:39PM (#6182725)
Your username combined with your claimed former work experience is utterly hilarious--thank you for the levity in this dark time.
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Re:Lavabit abruptly shuts down by harrytuttle on Friday August 09, 2013 @03:31AM (#6184201)
The name came after many years of filling in paperwork :)
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