There's been much talk on this list about the need for cheap remailers, and I wanted to announce (unofficially) one of the least expensive remailer setups I've seen. The code is written by Jim Cannell, with documentation by me. It's designed as a remailer for Fidonet-technology systems. Fidonet Anonymous ReMailer runs under standard DOS, and is quite easy to install and run. The average Fidonet sysop should be able to get it up and running in about 15 minutes. With Internet gateway software and a UUCP account, it works quite well as an Internet remailer. I'm running a beta-test version at remail@sprawl.ktb.net. Please feel free to use it. Help files are available, but are oriented towards Fidonet users. Still, you should be able to puzzle it out. It will only be up for a month longer, because I'm leaving the country for two months, but Jim should keep you posted after the public release on what Fidonet remailers are operating. Requirements for running a Fidonet Anonymous ReMailer: 286-clone or better, with a 2400bps modem or better. Fidonet Anonymous Remailer (free) telephone line (a dedicated line is good, but not necessary) Fidonet mail tosser (free or inexpensive shareware) Fidonet Mailer (free or inexpensive shareware) Most people probably won't be running Fidonet Anonymous Remailer with quite this inexpensive a setup. I'm running on a 486-50, two dedicated phone lines, and two 28.8k bps modems. If all I was running was the remailer, I certainly wouldn't need that much hardware. The remailer will be released with full source When It's Ready, and any Fidonet node (there are more than 20,000) will be able to run the software and act as a remailer. The UUCP feed is not necessary for Internet connectivity -- any Fidonet node can send and receive e-mail from the Internet through standard gateways. However, operating your own gateway makes it much more fast and reliable. I pay $20/month for my UUCP feed. Fidonet can't compete with the Internet in terms of features, activity, or much else -- but for dirt-cheap bare-bones networking, you can't beat it. John ______________________________________________________________________________ ac086@lafn.org john@ktb.net library@c2.org (They're all me.) PGP Public Key available by e-mailing PGPKEY@sprawl.ktb.net or by fingering library@c2.org. Check out the Digital Library at http://www.c2.org/~library/