Riseup is not a company or corporation. https://help.riseup.net/en/about-us That being said, I have no way to verify what they do and do not log.
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Joe Btfsplk <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/2/2012 6:04 PM, Douglas Lucas wrote: > >> I use riseup. My current storage quota -- which I believe would be >> yours, were you to sign up -- is 92 MB. Riseup says the storage >> quota fluctuates a bit and might go up in the future. I think you >> can also request a higher quota if you have good reasons. Since I >> mostly POP everything out, the quota doesn't cause me trouble. Maybe >> it would if I suddenly became famous/notorious while in an extended >> coma, receiving a zillion Twitter auto-emails notifying me of new >> followers. :) :( >> >> My attachment limit is 2 MB, which is reckoned per email -- I assume >> it'd be the same for you. The attachment limit presents something of >> a difficulty for me, a freelance writer, since big .DOCs and .PDFs >> can exceed 2 MB. But clients can deal with workarounds. >> >> Never seen an ad on Riseup (of course, I use adblockers). I don't >> know if there's a size limit for incoming attachments. >> >> I don't think they offer premium services, but I could be wrong. >> It's free with donations strongly encouraged. >> >> One good way to donate to Riseup is through Flattr! >> https://flattr.com/thing/**523584/Donate-to-Riseup<https://flattr.com/thing/523584/Donate-to-Riseup> >> With Flattr you can >> shoot Riseup a micro-donation via a flattr click, a recurring >> subscription of flattr clicks, or just send a straightforward >> donation up to your monthly Flattr donation limit, which as of this >> May is EUR150. >> >> Thanks Douglas, very helpful. The approx. 92 MB storage isn't much > problem. Yes, 2 MB is tiny. I suppose IF they really don't log IPs or > data, that's what you're paying for (if that's important), rather than free > providers that gather data & sell it. I just have a health suspicion of a > TINY % of companies in *any* industry that say, "/we're different than all > the rest/." Riseup may be, but usually in sum total, most companies in an > industry are similar. One will cut a little here, but add it back somewhere > else. > > If the U.S. gov't allowed them not to keep ANY records, _every terrorist_ > in this country & many others would be flocking to Riseup. Or maybe that's > the plan. Since it's unlikely they'll allow that... anymore than they'd > allow 1 or 2 phone Co's. NOT to keep records or build phone systems that > couldn't be wire tapped. > > BTW, did send Riseup support a question about their limits. > > > ______________________________**_________________ > tor-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/**cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-**talk<https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk> > _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
