dispatches from the front lines of anonymity

Re: alt.whistleblower moderation I wrote:

So every time a moderated group is created, every server already is "modified".

Bill writes:

That's how it *should* work, not how it *does* work. In real life, moderator addresses are distributed "out of band" to a relatively small number of "backbone" sites; all the rest of the sites merely forward the mail to a "backbone" site.

Well, we can weekly publish the submission address. It would take slightly more intelligence on the part of the would-be poster. What are exactly the politics of propagating this moderator's address, anyway? Is it particularly difficult? Is it automated? Please advise. alt.whistleblower, in addition to being a public good, is a great way to raise hell. Eric