1996-07-03 - Re: Message pools are in use today!

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From: Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>
To: Ulf Moeller <um@c2.org>
Message Hash: 0cf9139620084935d0e40527f86617267b606a7019f08807186e931bcea95b73
Message ID: <Pine.GUL.3.94.960702221832.28261C-100000@Networking.Stanford.EDU>
Reply To: <m0ubEvG-00006nC@ulf.mali.sub.org>
UTC Datetime: 1996-07-03 08:20:00 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 16:20:00 +0800

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From: Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 16:20:00 +0800
To: Ulf Moeller <um@c2.org>
Subject: Re: Message pools _are_ in use today!
In-Reply-To: <m0ubEvG-00006nC@ulf.mali.sub.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.GUL.3.94.960702221832.28261C-100000@Networking.Stanford.EDU>
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On Wed, 3 Jul 1996, Ulf Moeller wrote:

> >alt.anonymous.messages is not an ideal message pool-- it is a hack.
> >(Granted, it *is* a really cool, clever, and practically useful hack.)
> 
> I agree that alt.anonymous.messages is not perfect. But if you
> download all articles and don't post to alt.anonymous.messages
> without using a remailer, the only real threat are denial of
> service attacks with cancel messages etc.

You could also read alt.anonymous.messages by pointing The Anonymizer at
AltaVista. Their news feed expires pretty quick, but it's probably just as
fast and reliable as yours, if not better.

-rich






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