At 12:42 PM 5/19/96 -0400, you wrote:
If you use popmail (like Eudora), then just tell it the server to use in "SMTP Host". -Lance I have been following this with no little interest. Using Eudora Pro when I attempt to replace host: smtp1.abraxis.com with *SMTP Host*, I receive the message *Attempting to resolve host: SMTP Host*, and dat's all until I stop
At 12:09 AM 5/19/96 -0700, you wrote: the send command.
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Alec
Alec, What he meant was that you should replace the contents of the SMTP server's field with the address of the first remailer in your chain. For example, if I wanted to send this through the Holy Cow remailer, I'd put this in the SMTP server field: haystack@holy.cow.net Remember, though, that several things OUT OF YOUR CONTROL have to happen for your mail to be anonymised successfully. First, if you are behind a "firewall" (i.e. doing this at work through your work's net connection) your firewall may be implementing what is known as a "proxy." That means even though you're using the SMTP protocol, you may not be *directly* talking to the SMTP client of the remailer. It may "look" like you're able to SMTP out to whoever you want to send mail, but in reality, the firewall can intercept your request, and "pretend" to be some other SMTP server. It then accepts your outgoing mail, and forwards it to the real destination. Abraxis sells firewalls. Also, your firewall may be configured to not pass SMTP out at all, but rather to require you to send any SMTP traffic directly to it. That means you can not change your SMTP server to anything outside of your local net. In either case, firewalls are certainly capable (and employers within their rights, but that's another useless thread) to log and/or read your mail. Anonymity lost, at least to your employer. Finally, the anonymous remailer may (or may not) have some kind of logging turned on. I don't know why they would (what's the value if they do) but if some law enforcement agency orders them to discreetly monitor traffic, you lose again. Unless you PGP encrypt your mail to the remailers before it leaves your machine for the big bad net, someone else can read it. And, no matter what, persons unknown can tell that your machine sent some message to the remailer. (This is known as "traffic analysis".) Therefore, I'd *highly* recommend not e-mailing anything illegal over the net, remailer or no. -j, annoying, yes. Illegal or harassing, no. -- J. Deters
From Senator C. Burns' Pro-CODE bill, which I support and you can find at: http://www.senate.gov/member/mt/burns/general/billtext.htm " (2) Miniaturization, disturbed computing, and reduced transmission costs make communication via electronic networks a reality." +---------------------------------------------------------+ | NET: jad@dsddhc.com (work) jad@pclink.com (home) | | PSTN: 1 612 375 3116 (work) 1 612 894 8507 (home) | | ICBM: 44^58'33"N by 93^16'42"W Elev. ~=290m (work) | | PGP Key ID: 768 / 15FFA875 | +---------------------------------------------------------+