On Tue, 31 Dec 1996, Sandy Sandfort wrote:
There is a simple solution to keeping anonymous posters anonymous under this or any similar scheme. Volunteers could act as "gateways" for anonymous posts. Self-selected list members could announce that they would forward anonymous posts using one of their own tokens for the purpose. (In the alternative, the gateway volunteers could be given extra tokens solely for that purpose.)
The gateway volunteers would be a firewall against flames and spam attacks, but would be a conduit for substantive anonymous posts. If gateway volunteers allowed inappropriate flames and spams through, they would have *their* tokens reduced.
Only problem is that the Vulis^H^H^H^H^Hspammer could still mail flood the gateway dudes. The gateway dudes should be ready for such attacks and should be able to handle them. Such a flood could result in a denyal of post since if you flood someone with ten thousand random spams, then the posts worth delivering will get lost among those. So the gateway dudes should be competent enough to deal with this sort of thing. I wouldn't mind running such a gateway if it will fly and I have the time since I already provide this sort of filtering anyway. =====================================Kaos=Keraunos=Kybernetos============== .+.^.+.| Ray Arachelian | "If you're gonna die, die with your|./|\. ..\|/..|sunder@sundernet.com|boots on; If you're gonna try, just |/\|/\ <--*-->| ------------------ |stick around; Gonna cry? Just move along|\/|\/ ../|\..| "A toast to Odin, |you're gonna die, you're gonna die!" |.\|/. .+.v.+.|God of screwdrivers"| --Iron Maiden "Die With Your Boots on"|..... ======================== http://www.sundernet.com =========================