Here's another idea ... gmail allows SMTP via SSL (smtps on tcp/465).
You've got to authenticate for in/out (meaning google account) but you
can get one of those anonymously. They do POP via SSL as well (pop3s
on tcp/995). Combine the two and you've got a functional client.
This should help you out .. (applies to Outlook, but Thunderbird would
use same settings in different places) :
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13278&query=smtp&topic=&type=f&ctx=search
Cheers,
~Mike.
Job wrote:
Tanks Mike for your fast and helpful replies
I am not that worried about traces of activities left on my computer.
I just want to be sure receivers of email wont be able t see my IP
and stuff.
So if i use a web based email and use firefox with Tor to access it
with my normal settings(the settings that I always use when i use the
Internet) so not a totally separate profile.The receiver still wont
be able to trace me right? I understand that for complete security I
should make a new browser profile so the cookies wont mix. but as
cookies are on my own computer they have nothing to do with any info
the receiver of email might be able to get from the header or
whatever of the email i sent, am i correct?
Some web based email services,like mail.com if i am not mistaken,
give you the option to download a little prog that warns you when a
new emailis in.
Does this affect my anonymity? I suppose it does as the server from
mail.com will connect to my comp to tell me there is a new message.
On the other hand, if I use tor enabled firefox wouldn't that
connection also be anonymous?
last question: Why cant I access the account without Tor?(safety wise
i mean). As long as i dont send any emails to anyone isnt it safe? I
understand my ISP and mail.com will be able to trace me but not
receivers of emails as I am not sending any at that moment.
Michael Holstein schreef:
ps: am i correct that if i use a webbased email account(for example
gmail) without pop3 and I use (Torified)Firefox to acces it I CAN
send emails out without the receiver being able to see my personal
IP etc?
I dont mind of they se my email address ofcourse as they need that
to reply to me, just dont want them to be able to view my info.
Yes. TOR and (yahoo|hotmail|gmail|$whatever) is an anonymous way to
go about it. Just make sure you use a totally separate browser
profile (eg: start firefox with -ProfileManager) as to not
cross-contaminate cookies, etc. and do everything regarding that
email account -- including signup -- using TOR, and never access it
outside of TOR, nor access anything else with that browser profile.
~Mike.