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Re: Tor-compatible secure email systems





Kelly Byrd <kbyrd-tor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Have a look at mixminion. I've not managed to figure it out. I don't
> think of anonymity as being absolute. I personally don't think that
> letting your real ip address to various places now and then absolutely
> compromises you. The biggest problem of all comes from mail sending. You
> can't send via smtp from tor, because tor does not permit port 25
> traffic on exits, thanks to spam.

This isn't always true, I used port 25 thru tor last week. I'd revise
your statement to:

You sometimes can't send via smtp from tor, because some exit nodes don't
permit port 25 traffic.


Or you can use a service that offers SMTP on ports other than 25, Gmail and Softhome are two examples.

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