[13708] in Cypherpunks
anon.penet.fi errormessages
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Black Unicorn)
Sun May 15 13:27:36 1994
Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 13:24:44 -0400
From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@access.digex.net>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
I too have fallen victim to the mysterious anon messages.
I however get a bounce indicating that my password is wrong.
I suspect the following:
Somehow someone on the list is asking the list to forward to a
penet.fi blind account (anXXXX).
Everytime cypherpunks sends a message to this account, the penet
site tries to either assign or verify the password on the senders
alias.
In my case, as I have a long unused account on penet, is this:
Message 2:
From daemon@anon.penet.fi Sun May 15 13:13:30 1994
Date: Sun, 15 May 94 19:44:38 +0300
From: daemon@anon.penet.fi
To: unicorn@access.digex.net
Subject: Anonymous message failed (wrong password)
The message you sent to the anonymous server could not be processed, as your
password (in the X-Anon-Password: header) didn't match the one stored in the
server. Either you have made a mistake, or somebody has used your account and
changed the password. If the latter is the case, please contact
admin@anon.penet.fi.
Contents of failed message:
(Deleted)
Sure enough the penet server tracked the message (which I posted to
cypherpunks) back to me and sent me the error message thinking that was
the right thing to do.
Note that had I copied the entire bounced message there is porbably something
in it to relate me to my penet anon address.
In the case of the other user who was complaining at having been assigned
an alias without ever having used the service, this might be the explanation
as you likely had no password or account, your mail was not bounced.
-uni- (Dark)
