From: Bryce <wilcoxb@nagina.cs.colorado.edu>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 05:42:10 +0800
To: e$@thumper.vmeng.com, abostick@netcom.com
Subject: Re: Novel use of Usenet and remailers to mailbomb from luzskru@cpcnet.com
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Message-ID: <199601132129.OAA26992@nagina.cs.colorado.edu>
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 An entity calling itself ABostick <abostick@netcom.com> probably wrote:
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(BTW, it verified here.)

> 
> If "digital postage" is ever implemented, this sort of
> distributed-origin mailbomb-through-a-remailer would be stopped
> immediately.  All the messages that the horny net geeks send would
> necessarily contain the same postage stamp, and the remailer would
> notice this right away -- and throw away messages containing the used
> postage stamp.
> 
> One more motivation for e$-like digital postage for remailers.


Unfortunately this is not the case.  The perpetrator would
simply have to convince the horny net geeks to pay their own
postage.  In fact, it is *in general* impossible to have both
anonymity and prevention/control of mail-bombing.  Of course 
digital postage will help the problem somewhat by making the
bombers pay for it, and smarter filters on the recipient's end
will help, but in general it is a problem we are going to have
to live with if we want anonymity.


Regards,

Bryce

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