Re: dispatches from the front lines of anonymity

[Johan Helsingius <julf@penet.FI>]

> Actually, I was thinking that whistleblower@anon.penet.fi would _be_
> the moderator.  Then you just post directly.  All the messages would
> come from that address, and no id's would be assigned.  Since all
> messages are from "whistleblower", replies to a poster go right back
> out to the list, also anonymized.

Well, this was my original idea as well, but the ensuing discussion
confused me.

> It's actually a much simpler system than is currently implemented,
> since id's arenit involved at all.

Exactly. And it's already implemented. I just have to enable it. But it
doesn't support PGP/MIME yet.

> PGP 2.1 contains the cleartext-signature feature, and the periodic
> posting to the list should mention this.  This allows a real pseudonym
> to develop, just like we want.

Agree. But this requires us to really actively distribute PGP 2.1.

	Julf