The Anonymizer does in fact only provide restricted access by http and NO IRC. For instance, the Anonymizer blocks Dejanews, Hotmail and mailto.cgi forms. I could understand that they block sites that explicitly request to be blocked to prevent abuse. But what if I want to make a mailto.cgi or IRC script available by http. Should people be disallowed from accessing this through The Anonymizer even if I do not request it? It should at least be possible to allow access to such scripts for The paid accounts. If they keep logs in case of a U. S. law violation, I see no problem of liability arosing from such access. They have also restricted their shell access for which you pay US $ 7 per moth to IRC. Does that sound more reasonable than blocking the nntp port? Does anyone know other ISPs who provide privacy and do not block abitrarily without _prior request_ from the site in question? A private interest can do anything, but anyway. * * *===================================================================* For subscription info see http://www.efga.org/about/maillist.html