Gary, take a look at http://einstein.ssz.com/cdr/index.html The short answer is that the list is intentionally distributed, so that there is no single point of failure, censure or seizure. They're all real addresses, though @toad.com is deprecated. The software details for each address may be different, but essentially each list will distribute, to its subscribers, the traffic from all the other addresses. -- Greg PS: Yes, this makes setting up anti-spam filters more difficult for subscribers. PPS: No, ideas about having subscriber-only posting are not likely to be favorably entertained -- check out the list archives for loads of discussion on the topic, as recently as last month. On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 06:45:13PM +0000, Gary Benson wrote:

How come this list has so many addresses:

cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, cypherpunks@algebra.com, cypherpunks@toad.com, cypherpunks@minder.net, cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com.

Is any of these the *real* address, or it is a personal choice?

-- My real email address is embedded in my public key: 85A8F78B 6646 CF68 DEA8 07CA CA64 C18C A150 FC2D 85A8 F78B

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to be told "Check the Archives".

How come this list has so many addresses:

cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, cypherpunks@algebra.com, cypherpunks@toad.com, cypherpunks@minder.net, cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com.

Is any of these the *real* address, or it is a personal choice? -- A quote from Petro's Archives:

"Despite almost every experience I've ever had with federal authority, I keep imagining its competence." John Perry Barlow