Remailer Unreliability

[Robert Rothenburg Walking-Owl]

> 
> What if it was possible to specify an alternate remailer?  In the case that
> a remailer went down, you could specify an alternate.  For example:
> 
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> 
> If foo.com was down, the message would be delivered to bar.com instead.
> The PGP message would have to be readable to both of them, so it would
> decrease security, but reliability would be better, especially for
> reply blocks.  Comments?
> 
Hmmm. Not as secure, but how about this... (a kind of script)

begin A
  if active(mailer at foo.com) mail(mailer at foo.com,B,C)
  elseif active(mailer at bar.com) mail(mailer at bar.com,B,C)
end

begin B
 { next block of scripts for chain... remailer would encrypt B and C
 blocks for appropriate mailer }
end

begin C
 { this block would be cargo... could even contain multiple messages? }
end

That's a pseudoscript, but you get the idea... (no pun intended ;)