From: db@Tadpole.COM (Doug Barnes) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 16:38:21 -0600 (CST) Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com The problem with a _free_ remailer is obvious -- like many other Internet resources, it can suffer from the tragedy of the commons. Even a negligible fee would do much to prevent gross remailer abuse. It may not be feasible to make remailers in to an industry, but this isn't the point -- it will keep the utterly lame from using it for pranks and their ilk. Use First Virtual. The "information" that you sell is a one-time email alias that points to your remailer. After an hour, that email alias gets disabled. This dynamic setup is easy to do with smail, just a matter of dropping a file into a directory. And who cares if they pay you or not, because if they don't pay (choose to purchase the information), eventually FV will cancel their account. Send mail to info@fv.com. This gets you an automated response. Their contract says that they won't enforce payment on services, so if you offer a service, you're completely at risk, but again, there's not much real risk here... -- -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/crynwr/nelson.html Crynwr Software | Crynwr Software sells packet driver support | ask4 PGP key 11 Grant St. | +1 315 268 1925 (9201 FAX) | What is thee doing about it? Potsdam, NY 13676 | What part of "Congress shall make no law" eludes Congress?