(Hoping I don't get yelled at (TYPED at?) for something not suitably cypherpunkish...) I wonder if the Internet mailing list people have "ringers" in the list? They could set up accounts on netcom and other services, I suppose, and just keep a .forward file there. Of course, if one stole the list (or bought 1 use and decided to keep using it) but sent all mail through an anonymous remailer, that wouldn't do them much good (not that mailing through an anonymous remailer could do much good to a business abusing the list in an attempt to make a profit.) I wonder whether any well-used anonymous addresses are in it? One could, in principle, compile quite useful demographic information about a nym. And what if (gasp! shudder! my fluids!) several names in the list map to one real user? Could the purchaser of the list demand a partial refund? -- Mike McNally