http://www.strassmann.com/pubs/anon-remail.html

It's an interesting viewpoint.. salient quotes:

^^^^^^^^^^^ Surely you jest. It's one of the weirdest hodgpodges of inane free association I've ever read. The authors are a couple of regular Jack D. Rippers. Highlights:

Since biblical times, crimes have been deterred by the prospects of punishment.

In many respects, the avoidance of technical discussions about some of the pathological aspects of the Internet remind me of the state of medical diagnosis prior to the recognition that bacteriology, prophylactics and inoculation can be only applied following the acceptance of rigorous, analytic and experimental disciplines.

One of the most prominent anonymous re-mailers is <anon.penet.fi> is in Finland. It is frequently used by the Russian (ex-KGB) criminal element.

When is a troll not a troll? When it's a_gnom_inous@c2.org.