[13820] in Cypherpunks
Re: Penet ID allocated
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russell Whitaker)
Tue May 17 10:51:28 1994
From: whitaker@dpair.csd.sgi.com (Russell Whitaker)
Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 07:41:32 -0700
In-Reply-To: rishab@dxm.ernet.in
"Penet ID allocated" (May 16, 3:25pm)
To: rishab@dxm.ernet.in, cypherpunks@toad.com
Cc: whitaker@dpair.csd.sgi.com
On May 16, 3:25pm, rishab@dxm.ernet.in wrote:
> Subject: Penet ID allocated
> daemon@anon.penet.fi Mon May 16 10:39:28 1994
>
> > You have sent a message using the anonymous contact service.
> > You have been allocated the code name an98437.
> > You can be reached anonymously using the address
> > an98437@anon.penet.fi.
>
> Obviously I'm not going to send anon mail through penet! I guess this is
> a response to my post to the list yesterday, so someone must have subscribed
> with their anXXXX address.
>
I got a similar mailing from penet, for no good reason. Anyone else seeing
this? Mail header shows that I was sent the message directly, with a different
anon id than the one Rishab was sent, which suggests to me these IDs are being
generated for individuals ad hoc.
> Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
> rishab@dxm.ernet.in
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Silicon Graphics Inc.
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