From: khijol!erc@apple.com (Ed Carp)
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 93 01:02:06 PDT
To: fergp@sytex.com (Paul Ferguson)
Subject: Re: Anon remailer to USENET gate bogus
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> I have been experimenting the past few days with anon remailer to USENET 
> gateway systems to see what the results would be -- nada. I used Chael's 
> BSU system (nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu) to attempt a usenet post which never 
> (magically?) appeared in the desired group (alt.privacy, I believe). I 
> waited for several days for the post, but nada, zilch, zero. I retried 
> the bsu remailer with a test message to make sure it was still active, 
> and yes, it seemed to work perfectly. My guess is that the usenet gateway 
> at utexas refuses anon e-mail. Anyone got any other suggestions? I 
> haven't tried any other gateways -- yet.

You're right.  Fletcher Mattox disabled anonymous posts a while back. :(
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Ed Carp, N7EKG			erc@apple.com			510/659-9560

If you want magic, let go of your armor.  Magic is so much stronger than
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