Scott Collins says:
Wonderer says:
[direct replies to an anon id reveal _your_ anon id]
To avoid this, instead of replying to e.g., an41418@anon.penet.fi, reverse the first two letters (mnemonic 'not anonymous') and thus reply instead to na41418@anon.penet.fi.
I believe that, according to the principle of least astonishment, replies to anonymous IDs should, by default, not be double-blinded; and deliberate action should have to be taken to request the double-blinding that currently happens by default. Perhaps the anon admins could be persuaded to modify their systems accordingly; They would just need to put na#### instead of an#### in the FROM address, and educate their users. Several months ago, I tried to persuade one of the anon admins to do this, but I was not successful, and that server has since shut down. --apb Alan Barrett, Dept. of Electronic Eng., Univ. of Natal, Durban, South Africa RFC822: barrett@ee.und.ac.za