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Re: Warning about exposing anon id
Alan Barrett <[email protected]> writes:
> Scott Collins says:
> > To avoid this [direct replies to an anon id reveal _your_ anon id],
> > instead of replying to e.g., [email protected], reverse > > the
> > first two letters (mnemonic 'not anonymous') and thus reply instead to
> > [email protected].
>
> I believe that, [...] replies to anonymous IDs should, by default, not be
> double-blinded [...] Perhaps the anon admins could [...] put na####
> instead of an#### in the FROM address, and educate their users.
A better method might perhaps be to set the Reply-To field to automatically
be the na#### address. This makes it easier for people with smart mailers
and doesn't mess around with who the message is actually from...
jim