On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 11:41, Alex Hudson wrote: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 10:42:25AM +0100, fred.dodd [at] btinternet.com wrote: > > Is it possible to have mail system that can hide the use who sent the > > original email > > > It would need a script that could change the original email address send it on to any member of staff and then forward it back to the original sender. > > > > It has been asked can this be done for a help support for children, but providing them protection of the originator of the email, just like a phone calling system. > > Well, I don't know of any software specifically designed to do it, and I > think it would have to be database-ised in order to store the id->address > mappings. > A Type 0 Remailer. Something like a plugin to Sendmail (or whatever SMTP server you run), which translates address1 [at] somehwere.com to 4905834 [at] remailer.com. Then create aliases so that 4905834 [at] remailer.com is forwarded to address1@somewhere.com. This was popular, but has security downfalls. There's a single point of failure, in the database. Companies with enough money would easily be able to target the database to discover the original identity of the sender. An improvement in keeping users anonymous, is the cypherpunks remailers, but that probably is overkill for what you require. http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/cypherpunks/remailer/ -- Regards, Adam Allen. adam@dynamicinteraction.co.uk pgp http://search.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=adam%40dynamicinteraction.co.uk
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