From: Johan Helsingius <julf@penet.FI>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 93 12:36:02 PST
To: Hal <74076.1041@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Beware of anon.penet.fi
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> I'd like to verify that
>  
> X-Anon-Doubleblind: no
>  
> would mean that no X-Anon-Password would be needed with the message.


X-Anon-Doubleblind: no would imply that the message goes straight thru,
without any checks, stripping, or anything to the intended anonymous
user.

> I am confused about the exact rules that Penet uses to decide when a
> password must be given.  I get the impression that if no password has been
> registered, anonymous posting and mailing to non-anonymous addresses is
> forbidden, but you can still mail to anonymous addresses.  If a password has
> been registered, you must give it to do any of these three things.  Is this
> right?

Right, except that if you don't register a password, you can still post.
And if you set the password to "none" no password is needed for
anything.

	Julf