Re: Tor and Thunderbird: Outgoing Email Unsafe?

[Michael Holstein <michael.holstein@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Most exit nodes disallow port 25 (smtp) because NOT doing so would make 
TOR a spammer's paradise. If you know a relay-server that runs smtps or 
uses an alternate smtp port, use that.

Cheers,

Michael Holstein CISSP GCIA
Cleveland State University.

Job wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just got Tor to be safer online and used the Tor-button to 
> automatically confugure Firefox and Thunderbird for Tor.
> In Thunderbird however I have to exclude the server I use to SEND emails 
> from being handled by Tor.
>
> Maybe I am wrong but doesnt this defeat the whole purpose of Tor? Cause 
> if my outgoing email is not handled by Tor the receives can still see my 
> IP and all the other data and so can easely identify me.
> The most essential thing is to have the outgoing emails handeled by Tor 
> so the receiver can see my private information right?
>
> How do I set thunderbird in such a waythat the receiver of my emails 
> wont be able to trace me or see my private info(IP etc etc)?