From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 13:12:02 +0800
To: Jim Choate <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Remailer extensions
Message-ID: <199605212152.OAA26404@mail.pacifier.com>
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At 09:17 AM 5/21/96 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
>In pondering the last few days of discussion it occurs to me that a test
>might be possible. In short:
>
>Is it legal for a business to anonymously remail physical mail?
>
>The process I propose is as follows:
>
>1.   Some party mails an envelope to 'Remailers-R-Us'.
>
>2.   Inside that envelope is the real mail addressed and stamped along
>     with say a $1 money order for processing.
>
>3.   The people at Remailers-R-Us simply take the dollar and deposit it
>     in the bank while depositing the letter they received in the local
>     mail drop.

I can't say whether this is "legal" (it probably is) but I believe that this 
was a fairly common practice in the 1960's in the US, when people were 
dodging the draft, running away from home to join a commune, etc.  Such 
services were advertised in various magazines, and operated on the 
principles you described.

Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com