[53238] in Cypherpunks
Fwd: Anonymous code name allocated.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (JonWienke@aol.com)
Thu Apr 4 14:36:29 1996
From: JonWienke@aol.com
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 13:51:37 -0500
To: cypherpunks@toad.com, coderpunks@toad.com
[The following has been censored to protect the guilty.]
>Subj: Anonymous code name allocated.
>Date: 96-04-02 23:37:10 EST
>From: daemon@anon.penet.fi (System Daemon)
>To: jonwienke@aol.com
>
>You have sent a message using the anon.penet.fi anonymous forwarding
service.
>You have been allocated the code name anXXXXXX.
>You can be reached anonymously using the address
>anXXXXXX@anon.penet.fi.
>
>If you want to use a nickname, please send a message to
>nick@anon.penet.fi, with a Subject: field containing your nickname.
>
>For instructions, send a message to help@anon.penet.fi.
I tried sending a test message to the address indicated, and received it back
a day later, so sending email to this address does reach me. The funny part
is that I have never (to my knowledge) had any communication with
anon.penet.fi prior to receiving this email.
Questions:
1. How do I use this to SEND messages anonymously? Having an email address
with no obvious link to my identity is cool, but I would like to be able to
send as well as receive. I sent email to help@anon.penet.fi, but have
received no response yet.
2. Why was I chosen for this? How did anon.penet.fi find out my email
address? Is the NSA trying to lull me into a false sense of security in the
hope that I will use this account to violate ITAR?
3. Has anyone else on this list received unsolicited remailer accounts?
Jonathan Wienke
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Forwarded message:
From: daemon@anon.penet.fi (System Daemon)
To: jonwienke@aol.com
Date: 96-04-02 23:37:10 EST
You have sent a message using the anon.penet.fi anonymous forwarding service.
You have been allocated the code name an573530.
You can be reached anonymously using the address
an573530@anon.penet.fi.
If you want to use a nickname, please send a message to
nick@anon.penet.fi, with a Subject: field containing your nickname.
For instructions, send a message to help@anon.penet.fi.
