Location of FM servers

random · 28 Oct 2006, 12:28 AM

Somewhere in the FAQ or Help, there's a reasssurance that even though Fastmail is an Australian company, their mail servers are in the USA. I think I might feel more reassured if the servers were in Australia! Are there any servers outside the US?

(I'm thinking about possible decline in service when net neutrality starts to suffer, if that happens, plus data protection laws are weaker in the US than most places. I don't want someone to start marketing to a stolen copy of the FM userbase!)

NJSS · 28 Oct 2006, 04:31 AM

The main servers are at NYI.

The layout looks something like this.

The FastMail WiKi has a page about FM's Infrastructure

Abydos · 28 Oct 2006, 04:21 PM

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Originally posted by random
Somewhere in the FAQ or Help, there's a reasssurance that even though Fastmail is an Australian company, their mail servers are in the USA. I think I might feel more reassured if the servers were in Australia!...

...data protection laws are weaker in the US than most places.

Yeh I'm often struck by the massive irony of that reassurance too & for the exact same reasons you mention.

I think it's been mentioned before that the servers are based in the US because most emailers are in the US (is that still even the case?) & for speed & reliabilty.....

(ahem)

JasonWard · 28 Oct 2006, 09:45 PM

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Originally posted by random
plus data protection laws are weaker in the US than most places

However because Fastmail business assest all over the world (some of their staff work in places other then than OZ) actually Fastmail are subject to the laws of each of those countries.

Because Fastmail has substancial assest (as in the servers) in the US, the US courts have juristriction.

Because Fastmail is incorporated in OZ, the OZ courts have juristriction.

Because Fastmail has staff in Europe, European Courts almost certainly have juristriction.

Basically because of Fastmails style of doing business your data is protected by many juristrictions. So your rights are strenghened not weakened.

http://www.groklaw.net has some interesting articles on the matter of juristiction particulary in relationship to Spamhaus (which is a solely UK operation) and e360 who are trying to sue them in a US court.

Jason

snsh · 29 Oct 2006, 09:03 AM

and let's not leave out FM's nexus in Micronesia!

Terry · 29 Oct 2006, 05:53 PM

I think 3 should be put in the trash can...

28 Oct 2006, 12:28 AM	#1
random Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 15	Location of FM servers Somewhere in the FAQ or Help, there's a reasssurance that even though Fastmail is an Australian company, their mail servers are in the USA. I think I might feel more reassured if the servers were in Australia! Are there any servers outside the US? (I'm thinking about possible decline in service when net neutrality starts to suffer, if that happens, plus data protection laws are weaker in the US than most places. I don't want someone to start marketing to a stolen copy of the FM userbase!)

28 Oct 2006, 04:31 AM	#2
NJSS Master of the @ Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 1,238	The main servers are at NYI. The layout looks something like this. The FastMail WiKi has a page about FM's Infrastructure

29 Oct 2006, 09:03 AM	#5
snsh Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 611	and let's not leave out FM's nexus in Micronesia!

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Terry The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VK4 Posts: 3,029	I think 3 should be put in the trash can...