Warning about exposing anon id

[Jim McCoy]

Alan Barrett <barrett at daisy.ee.und.ac.za> writes:
> Scott Collins says:
> > To avoid this [direct replies to an anon id reveal _your_ anon id],
> > instead of replying to e.g., an41418 at anon.penet.fi, reverse > > the
> > first two letters (mnemonic 'not anonymous') and thus reply instead to
> > na41418 at anon.penet.fi.
> 
> I believe that, [...] replies to anonymous IDs should, by default, not be
> double-blinded [...]  Perhaps the anon admins could [...] put na####
> instead of an#### in the FROM address, and educate their users. 

A better method might perhaps be to set the Reply-To field to automatically
be the na#### address.  This makes it easier for people with smart mailers
and doesn't mess around with who the message is actually from...

jim