Here is a copy of the policy that my system administrator was referring to:

From: gerland@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (James R. Gerland) Subject: UCS Computing Usage Policy.

So call the ACLU and see if they are interested. Buffalo is a State Uni and subject to the 1st Amendment. Sounds like they are censoring messages based on content (or lack of content in the case of anonymity. Could the University Post office refuse to accept or deliver anonymous letters? It is unlikely that a government could force a publisher to reveal the identity of an anonymous author. There are cases in point in which people wanted NAACP membership lists where the orders were overturned on the basis of freedom of association and speech. Likewise anti-mask ordinances in some cities. As long as your remailer wasn't causing volume problems, regulation would fall outside the "time, place, and manner" restrictions. Maybe the Electronic Frontier Foundation would be interested as well. Duncan Frissell