At 04:41 PM 6/22/97 -0700, Steve Schear wrote:
1. Remailer: One reason remailers haven't been as popular as we've hoped is the need to operate separate, sometime difficult to use, remailer client software. By integrating these and other functions into plug-ins, creation of persistant identities and integration with key generation and management can be simplified.
Type I remailers were a nice proof of concept. Nothing more. What you want is a Mixmaster client similar to PGP 5.0. I doubt the PGP source will be of much help for this task.
2. Digital postage:
Has nothing to do with PGP. A different problem entirely. [...]
ECash could really supply an economic shot in the arm for remailers, making possible commercial (read profitable) remailers. It will also offer a ready-made market for accountless ecash, which will be available soon. Jeremey Barrett's higher level ecash API should greatly simplify ecash integration.
Amen. What's the ETA?
Thanks,
--Lucky Green