Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 16:01:00 -0400 (EDT) From: s1018954@aix2.uottawa.ca Reply-to: s1018954@aix2.uottawa.ca Subject: Re: Anonymity: A Modest Proposal To: Doug Cutrell <doug@cdsnet.net> Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
On Wed, 18 Oct 1995, Doug Cutrell wrote:
It seems that there could at least be a hierarchy of shadowed newsgroups, e.g. alt.freespeech.*, requiring the enduser to use special software to reassemble actual postings. This could even be integrated into the newsreaders, or even at a local newserver level.
There already is. I think the *.test (or at least alt.test) groups have good propagation. Nobody "reads" anything but their own posts anyway, so the natives wouldn't be bothered.
YIKES! Think again. Many of the *.test newsgroups have auto-responders that remail the poster assuring them their post was received. This feature is used to make sure your newsfeed is working.