Re: remailer network/winsock remailers

["Mark M." <markm@voicenet.com>]

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On Thu, 25 Jul 1996, Sam Quigley wrote:

> It occurs to me that, with the invention of the winsock remailers, we 
> have the potential to establish a very widespread and distributed network 
> of part-time remailers.  Specifically, it seems like there are a lot of 
> users who are only connected to the internet for short periods (PPP/SLIP) 
> or who only have full control over their machines for short periods.  
> These computers could not normally be used to run remailers as mail 
> would bounce when the computer/remailer software is down.
> 
> If there were some sort of central registry where winsock (or other 
> non-permanent) remailers could announce their ability/inability to bounce 
> mail, email could be forwarded through these temporary remailers on a 
> dynamic basis.

Rather than using a central registry, this could be accomplished by using
plan files, mailbots, or, for people who don't have Unix shell access, dynamic
web pages.  This would make the remailer network much more robust should the
central registry be down.  I think that running ephemeral remailers would be
very useful if remailer software was configured to use them properly.  Also,
this would be useful for people who may have Unix shell access, but are not
allowed to run remailer software.

- -- Mark

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