What they probably mean is it is against their system administrator's policy ! I would be very surprised if the governing body of the university had a policy regarding this !
Not that you are in a position to argue of course.
david
Uhg... This is not a good sign. My remailer is running on a university computer system as well. I have been trying to get a SLIP connection for the past few months for my 386BSD system so that I can take part of the load off of their system and provide anonymity on my local hardware. The sysadmin don't know about my remailer and I am trying to keep them from finding out. Right now, my mail volume is so high that those messages are cloaked by the rest of my incoming and outgoing mail. Plus, it isn't used that much. I have approval for my mail servers, because we worked out a modification to slow down my program so it wouldn't flood the system with sendmail processes. Unfortunately, I don't have approval for the remailer, but at the same time, there has been no mention of it. In the login banner, it says, "This system will be monitored for unethical and malicious behavior." That sort of leaves it up to them to decide whether or not to shut down the remailer and they can just give a quick "it's not ethical" reason. Luckily, they like me. :) In the long run, I am working on a solution, but money is tight. Otherwise, I would have a T-1 coming directly into my house and all would be fine; well at least better. Enough rambling--I'm sorry to see a remailer demise and hope that mine will not fall under the unethical clause here. If I find a solution, you will be the first to know. Chael Hall -- Chael Hall nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu, 00CCHALL@BSUVC.BSU.EDU, CHALL@CLSV.Charon.BSU.Edu (317) 285-3648 after 5 pm EST