syntax for cut lines

Mr. Anonymous sent the following to cypherpunks, through one remailer:

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I think the Hall Remailer at recognizes a "cut line" of --ignore-- I tried this and it failed the first time, but worked the second. You should try a message to yourself before relying on it.

Let us try it here and see how it works; the following line contains the kiss-off "ignore" and everything that shows beyond it was added without my intention:

And it worked... I would recommend one change to the handling of cut lines like --ignore-- : - leave the cut line in the message, just cut the stuff after it This lets you use one --ignore-- line to chop of any trailers from multiple remailers, so you don't risk building up a trail. Getting rid of the first one is obviously the most critical, but the rest can also be a risk. Also, someone has commented that most people who use anonymous remailers test them by sending a message to themselves before sending it to their real destination. If your intended recipient is on the same system or group of systems that you are, this is a traffic analysis risk... Bill Stewart