From: Johan Helsingius <julf@penet.FI>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 93 12:36:33 PST
To: Eric Hughes <hughes@soda.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: Beware of anon.penet.fi message!
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> Currently to mail to person 1234 at penet, you send mail to 
> 
> 	anon1234@penet.fi
> 
> This mail goes out anonymously from the sender, either using an
> existing mail address or creating one.  But if one were able to reach
> person 1234 also with the email address, say,
> 
> 	name1234@penet.fi
> 
> the behavior could be _not_ to make this posting anonymous.
> 
> To wit, the 1234 indicates that you are replying to a pseudonymous
> recipient, and the anon/name pair indicate whether the sender is
> anonymous.  Thus no change in default behavior, and no new header
> lines.

A great idea, Eric! Thanks!

Oh, a minor correction, it`s an1234, not anon1234.
So in the name of symmetry the non-anonymous path should be na1234.
Now we only have to fight about what the From: line in anonymous
messages ought to say, an1234 or na1234?

	Julf