[afnog] Rejecting emails originating from the region

[sm+afrinic at elandsys.com]

Dear Dr Bekele,

There was a lengthy discussion in a standards body about a change to 
mail standards [1].  I'll disclose that I have a conflict of interest 
on the topic of mail services.

The argument for a change to mail standards was that messages sent 
over a non-secure transport can easily be read by national 
entities.  The argument against the change was the impact of 
enforcing a secure transport requirement would cause loss of 
email.  It was also argued that a secure transport requirement does 
not offer actual confidentiality because of the "data-at-rest" problem [2].

The Internet Society was mentioned during the discussion {3].  There 
is software available under an Open Source Software license to 
enforce a secure transport requirement.  Does the Internet Society 
offer operational expertise for the deployment of Open Source 
Software as a budget-friendly alternative to address such a requirement?

Regards,
S. Moonesamy

1. https://www.elandsys.com/r/61541
2. https://www.elandsys.com/r/61581
3. https://www.elandsys.com/r/61609