Cpunks: We've been kicking around the pros and cons of anonymous remailers here at io.com. One of the big problems is anonymous bombardment of a helpless newsgroup. This (and the problem of auto-screening anonymous mail) could be solved if there was a standard header keyword (or maybe even a new header field) that could be screened from a newsgroup. The group would have to be semi-moderated -- an automatic filter passes on all posts except those with the keyword in the appropriate header field. If anonymous posts aren't annoying enough to instigate the creation of such a filtered newsgroup, then they probably aren't enough of a problem in that group to worry about. Words such as "anon" and "anonymous" might occur naturally in the headers. I'd propose something like "ANONYPOST" or "ANONPOST" that isn't likely to occur in nature. Voluntary adoption of this type of standard by remailers would take away some of the ammo that the anti-anon frothers are shooting, and would go a long way toward improving the image of remailers in general. Comments? Loyd ************************************************************************* * Loyd Blankenship mentor@io.com ^ * * Steve Jackson Games CI$: [73407,515] / \ * * PO Box 18957 GEnie: SJGAMES / O \ * * Austin, TX 78760 /_____\ * * 512/447-7866 * *************************************************************************