Nobody (well, actually Hal) writes:
What I could do, if more "problem" messages come through, is create a list of people _not_ to forward mail to.
Hal 74076.1041@compuserve.com
Another suggestion is to invert this: create a list of addresses that the remailer WILL send mail to. But, that's STUPID, you say. Well, maybe, but I don't think so. It is, however, sneaky. If you run a remailer, you should be registered with other remailers so they can use you to forward stuff. This places you on thier list of OK places to remail stuff to. Remailers should exchange these lists to keep them up to date. This, of course, encourages people to run remailers, which is what we want. It also silences any objections from people concerning anonymous abuse, since you have to explicitly ask for anonymous mail by running a remailer. One problem this doesn't solve is how to send anonymous mail to someone who hasn't registered, since that's exactly what we're trying to avoid. Someone could offer a human remailing service which moderated the messages it sent through. Using such a service, you could request someone to run a remailer. A cheaper service could just send a standard message to an address that you send to it. In all these cases, the service provider is responsible for the content of the messages sent out, and consequently would want to be very conservative. -eric messick P.S. Note the change in my address. I've just changed jobs and am now eric@synopsys.com. All my old addresses (eric@parallax.com, eric@toad.com) forward.