[117027] in Cypherpunks
CA Secretary of State creates postal remailer for domestic violence vi
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Wed Aug 25 13:22:17 1999
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 19:00:27 +0200 (CEST)
Message-Id: <199908251700.TAA03370@mail.replay.com>
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
> From <http://www.ss.ca.gov/calcap/calcap_explanation.htm>
>
> >What is Cal CAP?
> >Cal CAP is the nickname of the NEW California Confidential Address Program
> >administered by the Secretary of State. It is a unique, no cost mail
> >forwarding service designed to help victims of domestic violence who have
> >recently moved or are planning to relocate in the near future to a safe
> >place unknown to their abusers. The mail forwarding service aids
> >participants of the Cal CAP program in keeping their home, work, or school
> >address confidential by providing them with a substitute address, thereby
> >adding an extra layer of security to a victim's safety plan.
>
> .. I wonder if they're planning to comply with the Postal Service regs for
> remailing/mailbox services.
Good point. Of course they are, and this illustrates why all the hue and
cry over the new postal regs is unjustified.
One requirement is to get the true address of the recipient. The CAP
of course needs a true postal address for the people it is protecting,
in order to forward their mail to them. This part of the regulations
is no problem.
As for the requirement to plainly indicate that they are running a mail
forwarding/receiving service, that is also perfectly reasonable for them.
The mailing addresses they construct will probably include CalCAP as part
of the address anyway, so adding a specific postal code to indicate that
they are doing remailing is no problem for them.
They are not trying to pretend to be a real address. They are just trying
to hide the true addresses of their clients. All the new regs require
is that people make it clear when they are using a mailbox service rather
than trying to pretend that it is really an apartment or business suite.
There is no reason for such pretense for honest users of CalCAP.
