Jim Choate wrote:
On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Steve Furlong wrote:
I'd also like discussions of real-world problems that people have found. What kind of things cause you to think about shutting down your remailer? Technical abuse, legal difficulties, or what?
Lawyer fees. There is no clear mechanism to fund anonymous remailers and their resource requirements can be potent.
Quite a reasonable answer in today's America. But how much of your answer is supposition based on the general climate and how much is actual cases? If a remailer accepts all comers, with no filtering of content, can he claim common carrier exemption from liability, or has that been taken away <bleat>for the chiiiildren</bleat>? In my case, I already have the hardware and DSL line, so the physical cost might be a little extra electricity. No funding is necessary unless the usage is so high that my ISP bitches at me. Personal time involved in maintaining the system will, I hope, be low; if it's more than negligible I won't be able to do it. I can see the sense of running the plan past a lawyer, but why would there be a continuing expense in this area? Thanks, SRF -- Steve Furlong, Computer Condottiere Have GNU, will travel 518-374-4720 sfurlong@acmenet.net