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Re: Update to default exit policy




Am 20.08.2008 um 19:04 schrieb idefix@xxxxxxxxxx:
Sorry, I didn't get it: in case I'm using Thunderbird and Torbutton, and connect to the smtp server trough tor. Will my "real" ip adress occur in the mail headers, or the ip of the exit node?

I'm guessing the ip of the exit node, right? Because if not, it would be senseless to use tor? Would be great if someone could clarify this!

Both. Look at my headers (Apple Mail):

Received: from [134.76.55.100] (helo=[10.100.145.215])
	by serv-80-156.SerNet.DE with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128)
	(Exim 4.51)
	id 1KVqPO-0002gu-4k
	for or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:19:42 +0200

When using tor, 134.76.55.100 will be the tor exit node ip, and 10.100.145.215 will still be your local client ip.

Yes, it doesn't make sense to use tor with a normal mail-client. But if you are behind a NAT router, it's not as bad as it looks first.


Sven

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