anon.penet addresses in .sigs

[Dr. Dimitri Vulis]

futplex at pseudonym.com (Futplex) writes:
> The direct address is easier to use, especially for people whose mailers
> don't allow them to add arbitrary email headers. Note that the ratio of

I recall that anon.penet.fi can be used by those whose mailers don't allow
them to add new headers -- the extra headers can be placed in at the top
of the body and it'll recognize them.  Likewise cypherpunk remailers let
you add headers with ##. I've taught at least one extremely "non-technical"
user to use the cypherpunks remailers successfully.

> users of the various cypherpunk remailers to users of anon.penet is even
> lower than the S/N ratio on this list in December.

Like, negative????? :)

> In certain parts of Usenet, many people routinely advertise addresses at
> anon.penet (and similar services) in their .sigs (as Ed does) to make
> pseudonymized replies as convenient as possible. This is not a new phenomenon

My question was "why". I think I see the answer now.  Thank you.

Happy New Year!

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Dr. Dimitri Vulis
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps