From: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 23:24:23 -0700 (PDT)
To: toto@sk.sympatico.ca
Subject: Re: Anonymous Mailing Lists
In-Reply-To: <33459704.3F09@sk.sympatico.ca>
Message-ID: <199704070623.BAA07368@manifold.algebra.com>
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i have a simple perl script for maintaining an encrypted mailing list,.

igor

Toto wrote:
> 
> Michael C Taylor wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Toto wrote:
> > 
> > >  If a list operator can program a remailer to send only to their
> > > own list, then they can make it a subscriber and allow people who
> > > fear being discovered to post their concerns through it anonymously,
> > > and advertise its existence in places where those most likely to
> > > need it will find out about the service.
> > 
> > Is there a combo-solution existing, an self-anonymouizing mailing list?
>  
> > That is, you send the message to the list as normal listname@myhost.com,
> > it strips the From: headers and other headers, and forwards it to a closed
> > mailing list (only members can post, disabled 'who', ...).
> 
>   I'm not certain, being far from an expert on remailers and 
> majordomos. I've had one person indicate that majordomos could 
> be configured to keep all users anonymous, but didn't know
> if it could be done selectively in the case of anonymous
> remailers. He is supposed to get back to me on it.
> 
>   I have been experimenting with Windows remailers, but haven't
> found any that allow one to specify only a single, or group of,
> Mail To: addresses.
>   I made an offer to a friend to attempt to find an anonymizing
> solution for a group of related health lists, so that their 
> subscribers would feel free to discuss extremely personal issues
> of great concern. Also, there is the issue of health providers
> cruising the list to find personal information which they can
> use to drop coverage for those they deem to be a potential
> financial burden to their company.
> 
>   They have a need to keep their lists closed except to subscribers
> in order to block total assholes who do things like sending posts
> to suicidal people telling them to kill themselves, etc.
>   A privately run remailer would allow the moderator to instantly 
> block anonymous access to an individual who harasses list members,
> or the group as a whole. (People with disabilities tend to get
> enough crapola out in the normal world, without needing to get
> it in a health support forum.)
> 
>   I haven't had a chance to delve into the problem too deeply,
> as of yet, so any suggestions or pointers would be appreciated.
>   I think that this is a situation which addresses the legitimate
> use of anonymous remailers that many remailer operators would
> consider to be the type of benefit that they are trying to promote
> in giving their time and effort to providing anonymous remailer
> services.
>   It certainly wouldn't harm the cause of anonymous remailers to
> have a few positive examples of the good results that can come
> from providing anonymous email capabilities.
> 
> > Please CC to me any remailer-operator only followups.
> > --
> > Michael C. Taylor <mctaylor@mta.ca> <http://www.mta.ca/~mctaylor/>
> > Programmer, Mount Allison University, Canada
> 
> -- 
> Toto
> "The Xenix Chainsaw Massacre"
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> 



	- Igor.