Don’t use “Outlook (new)” in #Windows 11. I just did a tcpdump and looked also at my #mail servers when setting up an account in there. The mail client only spoke with Microsoft-servers, never with my mail-servers and I saw on my mail-servers only connections from Microsoft-IPs.
@nielsk So would it make sense to block MS on submission and IMAP ports? What legitimate business could they have?

@unixtippse @nielsk

It sounds like they proxy all the connections so all the mail passes through their servers. I wonder how long they keep it? I guess everyone’s emails become grist for AI.

I wonder what their terms of service say about that?

@railmeat @unixtippse I dunno. But it is more less the same what they do with the mobile Outlook-clients

@nielsk @unixtippse

I guess that is the world we live in now. Not really my preference.

Yet another reason to move my computing to self hosted and possibly Linux.

@railmeat @nielsk @unixtippse If we don't stop companies from implementing toxic business culture, it will get worse. Someday we will live in a world we don't really want to live in. We will no longer own anything, not even our data.
Too many people don't care and even defend these companies.

@mrcool @railmeat @nielsk @unixtippse

Agreed, except for the word 'someday'.

It will get worse for sure, but that's already the world we live in.