From: Carlos Macedo Gomes <remail@tamsun.tamu.edu>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 93 22:24:09 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: REMAILER: really anon?
Message-ID: <9307110524.AA25281@tamsun.tamu.edu>
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> If you can trace the origin (sender) of this message please send me mail
> personally rather than to the list.  I'm using my favorite remailer here
> and I want to make sure it's working right.  
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> My main curiosity in this quest is to determine what each header will look
> like when the mail is recieved.  I think this is important in determining
> which remailer to use.  
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> Thanks!
> -z
>  **Please take note of remailer 12 of this list.**
 
12: remail@tamsun.tamu.edu
 
> From: remail@tamsun.tamu.edu
> Remailed-By: Anonymous <remail@tamsun.tamu.edu>
> 
> Received: by tamsun.tamu.edu id AA04104
>   (5.65b/IDA-1.4.3 for you@yourhost); Tue, 6 Jul 93 04:15:57 -0500
> 
> you@yourhost = your address! ...really!
> 
> 13: remail@tamaix.tamu.edu 
> 
> From: remail@tamsun.tamu.edu
> Remailed-By: Anonymous <remail@tamsun.tamu.edu>
 
The remailed email from tamsun and tamaix have the same format, but you have
interpreted the headers incorrectly.  Please note that you@yourhost mentioned
above is not the sender's address but rather the recipients address.  You might
have been confused by this if you were sending and reading from the same
account.  The mail from tamsun and tamaix IS anonymous.  Take a look at this
piece of the header for your message to the cypherpunks list:
 
Received: by tamsun.tamu.edu id AA24627
  (5.65b/IDA-1.4.3 for cypherpunks@toad.com); Fri, 9 Jul 93 16:21:06 -0500
 
As you can see you@yourhost as you demarked in your message actually refers to
the recepient's address and not the sender's.  If I have misunderstood your
message, please excuse.  I just felt compelled to clear any doubts about the
anonymity of these two remailers.
 
Please feel free to reply to me personally if you'd like to get a close look at
the remailers.
 
ciao,
Carlos
 
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