In message <9306300657.AA26896@longs.lance.colostate.edu>, ""L. Detweiler"" writes:
Here is an idea: if a remailer drops a message or forwards it successfully it could broadcast a message to a group such as misc.test.
I like this idea.. How about alt.remail? And a header: :: Request-Remailing-To: remail@extropia.wimsey.com Error-ID: &DNANC*WHS If the message is dropped the remailer posts a note to alt.remail saying, "Remail message &DNANC*WHS has been dropped." Maybe some sort of ID-encryption similar to that used in Chaum's digital cash algorithim could be used for security.
And some goofy Fidonet gateway may find it necessary to stick something on the end:
x-message-format: ((headers:4 body:10 signature:3) fidofooter:4)
This would require that the operator of the Fidonet gateway be cypherpunk-friendly. I think it is best if all modifications/ideas be made *only* to remailers, for I doubt that we will have much control of other net-elements. -- | Sameer Parekh-zane@genesis.MCS.COM-PFA related mail to pfa@genesis.MCS.COM | | Apprentice Philosopher, Writer, Physicist, Healer, Programmer, Lover, more | | "Symbiosis is Good" - Me_"Specialization is for Insects" - R. A. Heinlein_/ \_______________________/ \______________________________________________/