Are there other anonymous remailers besides the cypherpunk remailers?
Yes, the most commonly used remailer on the Internet is in Finland. It is known as anon.penet.fi. The syntax for sending mail through this remailer is different from the cypherpunk remailers. For example, if you wanted to send mail to me (gbe@netcom.com) through anon.penet.fi, you would send the mail to “gbe%netcom.com@anon.penet.fi”. Notice that the “@” sign in my Internet address is changed to a “%”. Unlike the cypherpunk remailers, anon.penet.fi directly supports anonymous return addresses. Anybody using the remailer is assigned an anonymous id of the form “an?????” where “?????” is filled in with a number representing that user. To send mail to someone when you only know their anonymous address, address your mail to “an?????@anon.penet.fi” replacing the question marks with the user id you are interested in. For additional information on anon.penet.fi, send a blank message to “help@anon.penet.fi”. You will receive complete instructions on how to use the remailer, including how to ob
