[clug-talk] Email security / data mining

2014-01-07 Thread Greg King
This is an interesting article on the depths the government has gone to intercept email and the potential future of email data mining. The fact that one provider chose to shut down his operation rather than comply makes you wonder about the rest. Article is available online at ITinCanadaOnlin

Re: [clug-talk] Email security / data mining

2014-01-07 Thread Juan Alberto Cirez
Greg, This is what I don't quite understand: if regular http traffic has always been open which gave rise to search engines to mine, index and archive this open sourced data...then why is it a surprise that SMTP/POP traffic, which until very recently was also open by default, is also mined, indexed

Re: [clug-talk] Email security / data mining

2014-01-07 Thread Ian Bruseker
You're looking at it from a technical point of view. Technically, you're very right. Of course it's wide open to be read. But think off all those cop dramas you've seen (if you watch those sorts of things) where they go on about how "it's a federal offence to open someone else's mail". To the a

[clug-talk] see you at the meeting

2014-01-07 Thread Michael John Walters
Hello all, I am attending the meeting and standing in as interim secretary until the next election. If I find I can handle it I plan on standing for election as secretary. I have read the bylaws a couple of times and may need to read them again a few more times to prepare myself for the responsib

[clug-talk] presumption?

2014-01-07 Thread Michael John Walters
Hello all, I may have been full of presumption in the wording of my last letter. I am of course subject to acceptance or rejection of my offer to stand in as secretary. Please forgive my presumption. Regards, Michael ___ clug-talk mailing list clug

Re: [clug-talk] see you at the meeting

2014-01-07 Thread Mel Walters
On Tue, 2014-01-07 at 14:56 -0700, Michael John Walters wrote: > Hello all, > > I am attending the meeting and standing in as interim secretary until By the way, are more people than the so far (2-3) that responded planning on attending the Jan 8th monthly meeting? Thanks for the offer of being

Re: [clug-talk] see you at the meeting

2014-01-07 Thread Thomas Bernard
It's very likely I'll join tomorrow's meeting. See you Thomas 2014/1/7 Mel Walters > On Tue, 2014-01-07 at 14:56 -0700, Michael John Walters wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I am attending the meeting and standing in as interim secretary until > > By the way, are more people than the so far (2-3)