- cross-posted to:
- Belgium@europe.pub
- cross-posted to:
- Belgium@europe.pub
cross-posted from: https://belgae.social/post/2546989
Indeed, all eggs are in one basket in Belgium. It is hard to find any exceptions whereby a government agency is independent and sovereign from Microsoft Corporation.
(edit) Can you fax them? Some agencies still have fax numbers. Not enough of them… it’s a shame to see fax die when it is the only somewhat universal electronic way to send a message without exposure to surveillance advertisers and their walled-garden barriers. This question really boils down to: are the fax numbers going to an inhouse decoder, or are they just 3rd party cloud services that repackage the faxes as an email?
update
Given details in this comment:
https://belgae.social/post/2547022/5282959
it’s perhaps inaccurate to say Belgium is 100% reliant on Microsoft for email. Parliament (lachambre.be) uses an email firewall which hides their email provider. The DNS TXT record shows an SPF entry with outlook·com, among others.
Really, genuinely, thank you for the detailed response! It brings another question to mind though. In simplistic terms, the suggestion seems to be that different governmental groups should just use different email providers? If that’s the case, who decides what provider each group uses? It’s there a body that would coordinate this kind of diversity within corporate or governmental groups? I guess really, the question is that is it is agreed that M$ provides the “best” product, what incentive would there be to use anything else? Please note best in quotes as it’s a subjective measure. Thanks!