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Re: Any Windows SMTP servers that can work with Socks/TOR?



On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 02:34:16PM +0100, Steve Crook wrote:

> Can you expand on why you think using anonymous remailers will fail to
> deliver messages?  Judging by the current stats the Mixmaster Remailer
> network appears highly reliable.

The network itself is reliable, but due to spam abuse the recipient
will likely reject at attempted delivery, or the message will be
misclassified as spam.
 
> The major limitation of Mixmaster remailers are that they only provide
> anonymous, not pseudonymous (two way) communication.  If users can
> live with this constraint then remailers offer the best solution for
> anonymous email and Usenet posting.

Usenet maybe, but if you expect your message to be delivered reliably,
you have to go through authenticated channels. Abusers are ruining it
for everybody.

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