At 7:25 PM 9/1/95, ROBO Mixmaster Remailer wrote:
I've heard of telnetting to port 25 to send SEMI-untraceable e-mail. The procedure, quite frankly, sounds rather complicated.
Most of my mail that I don't want traced goes through the Mixmaster remailer network. I'm using Winsock-compatible software via a PPP connection. Is it possible, for example, to tell my mailer software to use the remailer itself, such as "remail.obscura.com" as the mail host, rather than "mail.myISP.com"? Will it work, at least for sending, without having an account at "obscura.com", or whatever remailer? Would that be less traceable than sending it through my ISP's mail host?
I don't think it would provide much more security, but it might keep you ISP from logging the mail. If you are using mixmaster@remail.obscura.com as your remailer, you are welcome to use it as the mail host for that mail. It is a slow connection so please do not use is as your regular mail host. You should try the telnet port 25 trick. It is amazingly simple (but not secure). Just "telnet some.machine.com 25" and type help. It will guide you through it. It is quite informative. -Lance ---------------------------------------------------------- Lance Cottrell loki@obscura.com PGP 2.6 key available by finger or server. Mixmaster, the next generation remailer, is now available! http://obscura.com/~loki/Welcome.html or FTP to obscura.com "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come." --Nietzsche ----------------------------------------------------------