To: <cypherpunks@toad.com> Cc: Subject: Re: Cypherpunk Mailboxes? Message not delivered to recipients below. Press F1 for help with VNM error codes. VNM3043: BANYAN SERVER@MAG26@2DMAW NEW RIVER VNM3043 -- MAILBOX IS FULL The message cannot be delivered because the recipient's mailbox contains the maximum number of messages, as set by the system administrator. The recipient must delete some messages before any other messages can be delivered. The maximum message limit for a user's mailbox is 10,000. The default message limit is 1000 messages. Administrators can set message limits using the Mailbox Settings function available in the Manage User menu (MUSER). When a user's mailbox reaches the limit, the user must delete some of the messages before the mailbox can accept any more incoming messages. UNDEFINED-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Mon, 2 Sep 1996, William H. Geiger III wrote:

Hi,

I have a thought for addressing the anon. problem.

We could create a network of anonymous remailers with mailboxes. All messages in the mailboxes are stored encrypted. No information about the users are keep. Users would be be given x K of mailbox space.

We could use PGP keys for encrypting the messages. Each user would have his own key pair for his anonymous mailbox. Any plain text messages received to the server would be encrypted on recept.

Let the government's subpoena away. :)

"Sorry we don't have user addresses, no I can't decrypt those messages Senator." <BEG>

What do you think?

The only problem is there has to be someway for users to retrieve their mail. The current nym server approach is to use an encrypted reply block to send a user new mail. This way the nym server doesn't know who the user is. If users have to actively retrieve their mail, then the feds could install a packet sniffer on the remailers net link to find out the real email address of an anonymous user. - -- Mark PGP encrypted mail prefered. Key fingerprint = d61734f2800486ae6f79bfeb70f95348 http://www.voicenet.com/~markm/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3 Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBMiscESzIPc7jvyFpAQGQ8ggAoHoGwwLI/8WI3XEBvA/Yo/lOPu1bQGYZ +m/jYzZjlF/YcS54J+H+L+xRo9WcOJkm7LLetTRZM3N/vG71M01vLcoOnfciRjFz AhLj2V5DGEcyQE0GMBXOxgxKvnzMVkFJh6ZWFalIM0DedncdX541W3j+almPb7Yr YyT+On5mqbPd0U5rJgv2CfE5CFlAE7XyO0KteH5aONK3f6TxzGH4cGG8wSZaBiu4 jP55nTl8VdtMH7MBDqOFkAH7IOboDZzjDglbuFHFk/nhtKfYIzg4c/ck5VCZ1vs8 xIqaPIMzpQF/smfKS2upyhZB1fb3G101lUJmjoVkEATQhwMzLBhY1Q== =QbyB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----