On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Aldo-Pier Solari wrote:
 
> Off course, anonymous mails (am)  can be tracked!  (and, eventually,
> the mail be connected to a person's identity).
 
If the anonymous user chains three or more remailers together, and applies
PGP encryption at each point in the chain, then the origin of the mail
*cannot* be traced.
 
> If an am is enough unlawful,  it  will be tracked.  In Sweden, there
> was trouble regarding an anonymous mailer in .FI.
 
That would be anon.penet.fi, which is still in operation.  Abusive e-mail
received through it should be reported to [log in to unmask]
 
> Anonymous mailers should be abolished.  People  who  would  like  to
> exchange certain information (victims of sexual abuse or other kinds
> of  violence,  etc.)  may  always  get  a  number  account in a .com
> provider.
 
So anonymity should only be available to people with the ability to pay
for it?  I strongly disagree.
 
steve
 
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