Cypherpunks List Info

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Cypherpunks Mailing List Information

Last updated: Sep 12, 2002

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Instructions on unsubscribing from the list can be found below.


0. Introduction

The Cypherpunks mailing list is a mailing list for discussing cryptography
and its effect on society.  It is not a moderated list (but see exceptions
below) and the list operators are not responsible for the list content.

Cypherpunks is a distributed mailing list.  A subscriber can subscribe to
one node of the list and thereby participate on the full list.  Each node
(called a "Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer", although they are not
related to anonymous remailers) exchanges messages with the other nodes
in addition to sending messages to its subscribers.  A message posted
to one node will be received by the list subscribers on the other nodes,
and vice-versa.

1. Filtering

The various CDRs follow different policies on filtering spam and to a
lesser extent on modifying messages that go to/from their subscribers.
Filtering is done, on nodes that do it, to reduce the huge amount of
spam that the cypherpunks list is subjected to.

There are three basic flavors of filtering CDRs: "raw", which send all
messages to their subscribers. "cooked" CDRs try to eliminate the spam
on that's on the regular list by automatically sending only messages
that are from cypherpunks list subscribers (on any CDR) or people who
are replying to list messages.  Finally there are moderated lists, where
a human moderator decides which messages from the raw list to pass on
to subscribers.

2. Message Modification

Message modification policy indicates what modifications, if any, beyond
what is needed to operate the CDR are done (most CDRs add a tracking
X-loop header on mail posted to their subscribers to prevent mail loops).
Message modification usually happens on mail going in or out to each CDR's
subscribers. CDRs should not modify mail that they pass from one CDR
to the next, but some of them do, and others undo those modifications.

3. Privacy

Privacy policy indicates if the list will allow anyone ("open"), or only
list members, or no one ("private") , to retrieve the subscribers list.
Note that if you post, being on a "private" list doesn't mean much,
since your address is now out there.   It's really only useful for
keeping spammers from harvesting addresses from the list software.

Digest mode indicates that the CDR supports digest mode, which is where
the posts are batched up into a few large emails.  Nodes that support
only digest mode are noted.

4. Anonymous posting

Cypherpunks encourages anonymous posting.

You can use an anonymous remailer:
http://www.andrebacard.com/remail.html
http://anon.efga.org/Remailers
http://www.gilc.org/speech/anonymous/remailer.html

or you can send posts to the list via cpunks_anon at einstein.ssz.com and
your mail's headers will be stripped before posting.  Note that this
doesn't provide complete anonymity since the receiving site will still
have log file entries showing the source of the mail (or you have to
trust that they delete them).  You also will be 'sharing' a reputation
with the other entities that post through this alias, and some of them
are spammers, so some subscribers will have this alias filtered.

5. Unsubscribing

Unsubscribing from the cypherpunks list:
Since the list is run from a number of different CDRs, you have to
figure out which CDR you are subscribed to.  If you don't remember and
can't figure it out from the mail headers (hint: the top Received: line
should tell you), the easiest way to unsubscribe is to send unsubscribe
messages to all the CDRs listed below.

How to figure out which CDR you are subscribed to:

Get your mail client to show all the headers (Microsoft calls this
"internet headers").  Look for the Sender or X-loop headers.  The Sender
will say something like "Sender: owner-cypherpunks at lne.com".  The X-loop
line will say something like "X-Loop: cypherpunks at lne.com".  Both of
these inticate that you are subscribed to the lne.com CDR.   If you were
subscribed to the algebra CDR, they would have algebra.com in them.
Once you have figured out which CDR you're subscribed to, look in the
table below to find that CDRs unsubscribe instructions.

6. Lunatics, spammers and nut-cases

"I'm subscribed to a filtering CDR yet I still see lots of junk postings".
At this writing there are a few sociopaths on the cypherpunks list who
are abusing the lists openness by dumping reams of propaganda on the list.
The distinction between a spammer and a subscriber is nearly always very
clear, but the dictinction between a subscriber who is abusing the list
by posting reams of propaganda and a subscriber who is making lots of
controversial posts is not clear.  Therefore, we tolerate the crap.
Subscribers with a low crap tolerance should check out mail filters.
Procmail is a good one, although it works on Unix and Unix-like systems
only.  Eudora also has a capacity for filtering mail, as do many other
mail readers.  An example procmail recipie is below, you will of
course want to make your own decisions on which (ab)users to filter.

# mailing lists:
# filter all cypherpunks mail into its own cypherspool folder, discarding
# mail from loons.  All CDRs set their From: line to 'owner-cypherpunks'.
# /dev/null is unix for the trash can.
:0
* ^From.*owner-cypherpunks at .*
{
    :0:
    * (^From:.*ravage at ssz\.com.*|\
    ^From:.*jchoate at dev.tivoli.com.*|\
    ^From:.*mattd at useoz.com|\
    ^From:.*proffr11 at bigpond.com|\
    ^From:.*jei at cc.hut.fi)
	/dev/null

    :0:
    cypherspool
}


7. List of current CDRs


All commands are sent in the body of mail unless otherwise noted.
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Algebra:

Operator:
Subscription:     "subscribe cypherpunks" to majordomo at algebra.com
Unsubscription:   "unsubscribe cypherpunks" to majordomo at algebra.com
Help:             "help cypherpunks" to majordomo at algebra.com
Posting address:  cypherpunks at algebra.com
Filtering policy: raw
Message Modification policy:  no modification
Privacy policy: ???
Info:   ???

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CCC:

Operator:         drt at un.bewaff.net
Subscription:     "subscribe [password of your choice]" to 
				       cypherpunks-request at koeln.ccc.de
Unsubscription:   "unsubscribe <password>" to cypherpunks-request at koeln.ccc.de
Help:             "help" to to cypherpunks-request at koeln.ccc.de
Web site:         http://koeln.ccc.de/mailman/listinfo/cypherpunks
Posting address:  cypherpunks at koeln.ccc.de
Filtering policy: This specific node drops messages bigger than 32k and
                  every message with more than 17 recipients or just a line
                  containing "subscribe" or "unsubscribe" in the subject. 
Digest mode:      this node is digest-only
NNTP:             news://koeln.ccc.de/cbone.ml.cypherpunks
Message Modification policy:  no modification
Privacy policy: ???

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Infonex:

Subscription:     "subscribe cypherpunks" to majordomo at infonex.com
Unsubscription:   "unsubscribe cypherpunks" to majordomo at infonex.com
Help:             "help cypherpunks" to majordomo at infonex.com
Posting address:  cypherpunks at infonex.com
Filtering policy: raw
Message Modification policy:  no modification
Privacy policy: ???

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Lne:

Subscription:     "subscribe cypherpunks" to majordomo at lne.com
Unsubscription:   "unsubscribe cypherpunks" to majordomo at lne.com
Help:             "help cypherpunks" to majordomo at lne.com
Posting address:  cypherpunks at lne.com
Filtering policy: cooked 
 Posts from all CDR subscribers & replies to threads go to lne CDR subscribers.
 All posts from other CDRs are forwarded to other CDRs unmodified.
Message Modification policy:  
 1. messages are demimed (MIME attachments removed) when posted 
  through lne or received by lne CDR subscribers
 2. leading "CDR:" in subject line removed
 3. "Reply-to:" removed
Privacy policy: private
Info: http://www.lne.com/cpunk; "info cypherpunks" to majordomo at lne.com
Archive: http://archives.abditum.com/cypherpunks/index.html
(thanks to Steve Furlong and Len Sassaman)

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Minder:

Subscription:     "subscribe cypherpunks" to majordomo at minder.net
Unsubscription:   "unsubscribe cypherpunks" to majordomo at minder.net
Help:             "help" to majordomo at minder.net
Posting address:  cypherpunks at minder.net
Filtering policy: raw
Message Modification policy:  no modification
Privacy policy: private
Info:           send mail to cypherpunks-info at minder.net


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Openpgp:

[openpgp seems to have dropped off the end of the world-- it
doesn't return anything from sending help queries.  Ericm, 8/7/01]

Subscription:     "subscribe cypherpunks" to listproc at openpgp.net
Unsubscription:   "unsubscribe cypherpunks" to listproc at openpgp.net
Help:             "help" to listproc at openpgp.net
Posting address:  cypherpunks at openpgp.net
Filtering policy: raw
Message Modification policy:  no modification
Privacy policy: ???

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Ssz:

Subscription:     "subscribe cypherpunks" to majordomo at ssz.com
Unsubscription:   "unsubscribe cypherpunks" to majordomo at ssz.com
Help:             "help cypherpunks" to majordomo at ssz.com
Posting address:  cypherpunks at ssz.com
Filtering policy: raw
Message Modification policy: 
  Subject line prepended with "CDR:"
  Reply-to cypherpunks at ssz.com added.
Privacy policy: open
Info:  http://www.ssz.com/cdr/

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Sunder:

Subscription:     "subscribe" to sunder at sunder.net
Unsubscription:   "unsubscribe" to sunder at sunder.net
Help:             "help" to sunder at sunder.net
Posting address:  sunder at sunder.net
Filtering policy: moderated
Message Modification policy:  ???
Privacy policy:  ???
Info: ???


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Pro-ns:

Subscription:     "subscribe cypherpunks" to majordomo at pro-ns.net
Unsubscription:   "unsubscribe cypherpunks" to majordomo at pro-ns.net
Help:             "help cypherpunks" to majordomo at pro-ns.net
Posting address:  cypherpunks at pro-ns.net
Filtering policy: cooked
 Posts from all CDR subscribers & replies to threads go to local CDR
   subscribers.
 All posts from other CDRs are forwarded to other CDRs unmodified.   
Message Modification policy:
 1. leading "CDR:" in subject line removed
 2. "Reply-to:" removed
Privacy policy: private
Info: http://www.pro-ns.net/cpunk





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