At 09:17 AM 5/21/96 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:

In pondering the last few days of discussion it occurs to me that a test might be possible. In short:

Is it legal for a business to anonymously remail physical mail?

The process I propose is as follows:

1. Some party mails an envelope to 'Remailers-R-Us'.

2. Inside that envelope is the real mail addressed and stamped along with say a $1 money order for processing.

3. The people at Remailers-R-Us simply take the dollar and deposit it in the bank while depositing the letter they received in the local mail drop.

I can't say whether this is "legal" (it probably is) but I believe that this was a fairly common practice in the 1960's in the US, when people were dodging the draft, running away from home to join a commune, etc. Such services were advertised in various magazines, and operated on the principles you described. Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com