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Whats a remailer?

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Whats a remailer?

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From the Anonymous Remailer FAQ: “A remailer is a computer service which privatizes your e-mail. A remailer is in sharp contrast to the average Internet Service Providers ISP which is terribly anti-private. In fact, ISP could equally stand for “Internet Surveillance Point”. Click here to Learn About Email Privacy. “Traditionally, a remailer allowed you to send electronic mail to a Usenet news group, or to a person, without revealing your true name or e-mail address to the recipient. Today, new web-based remailers permit you to send mail using your real name (if you wish), while protecting your email records from the snooping eyes of your Internet Service Provider. “In the first version of this FAQ (published in 1995), all popular remailers were free-of-charge. Today, a number of services either charge user fees, or support themselves via advertisers.

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