Gary, take a look at http://einstein.ssz.com/cdr/index.html The short answer is that the list is intentionally distributed, so that there is no single point of failure, censure or seizure. They're all real addresses, though @toad.com is deprecated. The software details for each address may be different, but essentially each list will distribute, to its subscribers, the traffic from all the other addresses. -- Greg PS: Yes, this makes setting up anti-spam filters more difficult for subscribers. PPS: No, ideas about having subscriber-only posting are not likely to be favorably entertained -- check out the list archives for loads of discussion on the topic, as recently as last month. On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 06:45:13PM +0000, Gary Benson wrote:
How come this list has so many addresses:
cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, cypherpunks@algebra.com, cypherpunks@toad.com, cypherpunks@minder.net, cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com.
Is any of these the *real* address, or it is a personal choice?
-- My real email address is embedded in my public key: 85A8F78B 6646 CF68 DEA8 07CA CA64 C18C A150 FC2D 85A8 F78B