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Re: Beware of anon.penet.fi message!
> Currently to mail to person 1234 at penet, you send mail to
>
> [email protected]
>
> This mail goes out anonymously from the sender, either using an
> existing mail address or creating one. But if one were able to reach
> person 1234 also with the email address, say,
>
> [email protected]
>
> the behavior could be _not_ to make this posting anonymous.
>
> To wit, the 1234 indicates that you are replying to a pseudonymous
> recipient, and the anon/name pair indicate whether the sender is
> anonymous. Thus no change in default behavior, and no new header
> lines.
A great idea, Eric! Thanks!
Oh, a minor correction, it`s an1234, not anon1234.
So in the name of symmetry the non-anonymous path should be na1234.
Now we only have to fight about what the From: line in anonymous
messages ought to say, an1234 or na1234?
Julf