-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 10:47 AM 01/13/96 -0800, Jonathon Blake <grafolog@netcom.com> wrote:

On Sat, 13 Jan 1996, David K. Merriman wrote:

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snailmail; particularly if the remailers were able to issue 'books' of

stamps.

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It might even be possible to have each remailer issue Estamps (tm) of different 'kinds', much as there are different postage stamp 'themes'.

I can see it now. The 1997 Scott Standard Estamp Catalog: Remailers of the World.

Or perhaps Famous Cypherpunks? So maybe a bad example, but the analogy is quasi-valid :-)

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Having different stamps from each remailer would also allow some means of tracking spammers and rip-off artists ("hmmm. an 'Elvis' Estamp. That came from hactic; let's see if they can tell us who they sold this book to.....")

OTOH, if hactic keeps records of who the stamps are sold to, that sort of defeats the anonymous nature of the remailers.

Perhaps a little, but considering *why* Estamps would be used, I think it would be an acceptable 'hazard'. Of course, it's not any kind of requirement, simply a means of resolving a *significant* problem. Or not. :-) Dave -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMPc9h8VrTvyYOzAZAQHl0wP+LY/Lw9EzM8kH5Eyr7rLRzEFwKSmWIeTf sElMTzxQbTyqXrmzI0nB43Dmx1Cpkb+8mSCFVnXwvZDQzrP8cFidYGlNF/hG00ig d16+D6Le07YgO65pCngNhv11CLKtd/1GZf4r8YXZV7zbMcbslooUHt/mVWkl5zGT AP0ssH0WAI4= =TQ04 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------- "It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error." Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954), U.S. Judge <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> My web page: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1148