A pool is used for *replying* to anon mail. The problem is that it's hard to build a system that allows replies to anon email and still maintains absolute security. One way is to broadcast the reply. A pool does just that - it's basically a mailing list. It could be a newsgroup. Since any of the subscribers to the pool could be the intended recipient of any particular message, it would be very hard to use the pool to trace the anonymous recipient. -- Miron Cuperman <miron@extropia.wimsey.com> | NeXTmail/Mime ok <miron@cs.sfu.ca> | Public key avail AMIX: MCuperman | cyberspacecomputingcryptoimmortalitynetworkslaissezfaire