I get the idea that there is a level of governmental instrusion that they can't bypass, but that's a big improvement over turning your email contents into grist for advertising.
X-Mailer is an entirely voluntary header the client can add. This is different from the sender IP information is added by the server not the client
Fastmail could strip all unnecessary headers, but I would argue they should not be modifying any content I'm telling them to send. If I add a X-Mailer header, I want them to send it.
I’m curious why you are posting this here and not reaching out to them directly? It’s public so you expect it would apply pressure to them to reply? (You pay them as a customer so they have incentive anyway…)
Because some people like those headers. If you don't, you should stop sending them from your client to Fastmail's servers instead of expecting them to drop them for everyone.
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[ 0.24 ms ] story [ 35.9 ms ] threadI'm sure they mean to be, but based in Australia I'd be very skeptical of the claim.
I get the idea that there is a level of governmental instrusion that they can't bypass, but that's a big improvement over turning your email contents into grist for advertising.
Fastmail could strip all unnecessary headers, but I would argue they should not be modifying any content I'm telling them to send. If I add a X-Mailer header, I want them to send it.
It's like asking your ISP to strip out "user-agent" in your HTTP request.