1993-06-13 - what happens when you reply to nobody@cicada.berkeley.edu ?

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From: Eric Hughes <hughes@soda.berkeley.edu>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Message ID: <9306131437.AA22430@soda.berkeley.edu>
Reply To: <9306130335.AA16404@cicada.berkeley.edu>
UTC Datetime: 1993-06-13 14:40:57 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 13 Jun 93 07:40:57 PDT

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From: Eric Hughes <hughes@soda.berkeley.edu>
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 93 07:40:57 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: what happens when you reply to nobody@cicada.berkeley.edu ?
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The name 'nobody' is frequently aliased to /dev/null, i.e. the bit
bucket.  I cannot speak for cicada in particular.  When I wrote the
first of these remailers, I remailed from nobody because it was the
/dev/null alias; responding to anonymity should get you nothing.

Eric





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