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- From: stevens@vms.macc.wisc.edu (PAul STevens - MACC - 2-9618)
- Subject: Re: anonymous mail?!?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec11.182726.27441@macc.wisc.edu>
- Sender: news@macc.wisc.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center
- Date: 11 DEC 92 12:15:15
- Lines: 28
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- In article <01GS5GWJYVCY8WW5SC@kopc.hhs.dk>, ARNE@ko.hhs.dk (Arne Vajhxj) writes...
-
- >> Does anyone know how to send anonymous VMS Mail messages? I don't have
- >> SYS privileges nor OPERATOR privileges.
- >
- >I find it very hard to think at any benefits from sending mail anonymously
- >unless you plan to send insulting messages to your boss or something like
- >that.
- >
-
- I cannot imagine a good reason for doing what you want to do.
- But I seem to learn something new with every book I pick up.
- So I obviously don't understand everything yet. I will
- assume you are a reasonable person until shown otherwise.
-
- If I wanted to send mail anonymously, I would do it using
- BSMTP. TELNET to a machine at port 25 and
- pretend you are some other machine. Many (probably most)
- mailers will make no attempt to prevent this. Ours will
- make an entry in the log but will happily forward the mail.
- I have done this successfully but not for reasons of
- anonymity (sp?).
-
- I don't know how to do it within VMS. I doubt it is possible
- without privileges.
-
-
- PAul
-