-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Am 28. Oktober 2015 01:02:46 MEZ, schrieb John Levine <johnl@xxxxxxxxx>: >>The issue is that an MTA operated by an ISP is a telecommunications >>provider and subject to the telecommunication secrecy requirements >>based on EU directive 2002/58/EC. > >By that theory, spam filtering would be illegal, too, yet all the >German ISPs I know manage to do it. If i understand correctly, it *is* illegal, except if the ISP / mail service customer allows it (i.e. by contract). Where spam fighting is getting "intrusive" be the meaning of that law (i.e. using Headers, subject, body etc.), is a bit unclear afaik. So the most Herman ISPs (should) have a corresponding part in their contracts... best regards, Niels. - --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJZBAEBCgBDPBxOaWVscyBEZXR0ZW5iYWNoIChTeW5kaWNhdCBJVCAmIEludGVy bmV0KSA8bmRAc3luZGljYXQuY29tPgUCVjB9twAKCRANu1qIRZIqRHv2D/sEulBo tSR8hPunvestaHL2jzPOMQyPvmFgt2WxjKFXBHCjdnKoh89qak82XNpY2Ta+0zVA rbr6atXLkCAekx3xKCWA8Hx/CSzwABd5iQMrQFN2Pc57iCDMpfbhzGEkCQJZskC3 jnMpP9hinHvqZ6yYqh6BFlqbeqNjzfko/bXGYM+ABLOmgAfFqmzhOeLxUmMXhFLB 0WUNpLmh8iAZkrPH7zErbYxKXUmp6N3YtdpGnFgHcz6aC3J+FPcNZZV+/PqRXnG6 n4TMmR/Q1VXPFP7AHjQXBNy0Pmj0qnU14S66guTBPEhqB7AQi9EXMhDdCkM+FGXd lmiuVai14ZD7OMaOVhe3hgmCzxK+AMmYu+NfWldR+p6i1k7ZG5f21jbQsw92n3Ef QSgCFfSEEU8sDuCSPpJlgRl1cKfeDscc0K4dedugun2tOjolv04WVAhhcpX7Kc7A XsNZ5dhbgVon/A30hi4gfm9Be3uKPtN2oBygmbGGTm1Fto3GruqKeTL8xysz/c+b C9adU55wksStfczAvRY6mQqUNCHtJ9B31sHEqdYquTtxFaK9UHfDLBTkrxOTwu54 ZojNDqzblhPCTrLkLn2SdBOwSf1t9kYGw0cWL5PBpVRqL1tPVi8BP7s0HWYFfh1E xA+RAx2Hkibwyt2T6xhnLfa4JUnQla7Z7aJDkw== =LUFb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----