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The anonymous mailer for OS/2 will email a message in a SEMI-anonymous way.
The following sample header shows three ways in which a user can
possibly be identified.
========================================================================
Return-Path: <god@heaven.org>
Received: from heaven.org (loser) by fred.my.company.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4)
id AA27530; Wed, 11 Sep 1996 09:50:09 -0500
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 09:50:09 -0500
From: god@heaven.org
Message-Id: <9609111450.AA27530@fred.my.company.com>
To: jack@heaven.org
Subject: test nondebug
Content-Type: text
X-UIDL: a0280b07bc24742ebcc64d7a4c672f10
test
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1) If you have a direct connection, the SMTP server places the host name
in the "Received" line (e.g. "loser" above). If you are dialig up, this is
not a problem.
2) The "Message-Id:" could conceivably be traced to a port and a time
and there may be logs showing who was connected at a given time to a
given port.
3) The "X-UIDL" can probably be connected to you via some chain of log
files.
So, this mailer is probably only semi-anonymous. Dont threaten the white
house using this software or someone is likely to break down your door.
This is good for teasing your friends, or for people who don't know
enough to decipher mail headers, or for those who wont go through the
trouble of getting some UNIX admin to sift through lengthy log files....
R Wolf