From: IN%"ravage@ssz.com" "Jim Choate" 18-MAY-1996 09:43:06.96
As long as the remailer is run a 'grins & giggles' affair you are right.
There is the increase in reputation capital in _some_ quarters possible through running a remailer. (On the other hand, in authoritarian quarters, it would tend to decrease one's reputation capital...)
To me the biggest problem with the crypto work right now is that not enough professionals are involved. If more remailers and such were initiated as a business there would be legal avenues to explore. Also, in this vain is the apparent lack of support for commercial ventures by developers of such apps as MixMaster (whose license explicity prohibits commercial use).
It prohibits commercial use? That's silly. Is it a holdover from when the idea was to turn Mixmaster into a company?
And for the record, yes, we expect to charge real $$$ for access. Our current plan is $10/month for each account. Money orders prefered. We have at this point pondered e-cash methods but it doesn't seem popular enough at this juncture.
How would you be doing this? Only remailing from accounts that have paid up, or what? -Allen