Anonymous Mailing Lists

["Bryan L. Fordham" <bfordham@socialistsushi.com>]

I'm not sure about the best list for this question.  I would think 
cpunks except the signal:noise level isn't that good.

The US gov is increasing surveillence and harrassment of protest 
groups.  The subpoenas concerning the Drake University protest group has 
really had me pondering how to protect organisations that are trying to 
excercise their rights to disagree with the government.

There are many sides to this.  One I've been pondering is the ability to 
have an email distribution list where it is impossible for it to be used 
to see who's listening.  In other words, I can sign up and receive 
messages from it, but if a court order forces the list to be turned over 
no useful information could be gathered.  (I'm thinking of an 
announcement list, not a discussion list)

The first suggestion involves using nyms.  But current nyms are not 
trivial for a person to set up without some specialized knowledge and 
Type I-based systems aren't too secure anyway. 
Is there any way to do this?  Like I said, I know there are other 
problems -- undercover agents coming to meetings, videotaping protests 
-- but this is one that I think would be a nice start in protecting rights.

--B