Stefan Claas wrote:
> Stefan Claas wrote:
> > Grant Taylor wrote:
> > > On 5/7/21 5:54 PM, Stefan Claas wrote:
> > > > I remember that you run only sendmail and not postfix, if I am correct,
> > >
> > > Yes, you are. I run Sendmail on my personal systems. I also help
> > > others run Postfix (and other MTAs).
> > >
> > > > and I do not know the difference (yet) in log file formats, but here is
> > > > a description how mail log (and the duplicates in syslog) works with
> > > > postfix
> > >
> > > Yes. The that's all very standard information.
> > >
> > > > hence the reasone why I disabled those.
> > >
> > > You are free to choose to do that.
> > >
> > > But I see little value in doing so. I also see harm to day to day
> > > server administration, particularly trouble shooting, in doing so.
> >
> > Well, I said I look at the pingers to see if my Remailers perform well
> > and trouble shooting in the past for me meant to simply restart the
> > Remailer, in case it went down, but with postfix I had never problems.
> >
> > > Other than (START)TLS and Tor, the same information can be gathered
> > > with a network sniffer.
> >
> > Do you think when using a good privacy based VPS provider that they
> > allow third parties to install one, without telling the server admin?
> >
> > Ok. possible is everything and this would be then IMHO a possible
> > requirement to run smtp(s) based Mixnet MTAs nowadays via .onion
> > servers only, without a registered Domain, in hope that globally
> > by law not all VPS providers need to report to third parties that
> > a Remop runs an .onion Mixnode.
>
> Which then needs a client re-design, to receive messages, oh well ...

Or for now a public Bitmessage email Gateway, so that users can
send via an registered Bitmessage address outfiles through current
smtp(s) Mixnets to not need a regular email address or Nym account
for a.a.m.

Well, that can be done easily, because the Gateway software is available
in Python or Golang at GitHub, thus avoiding Bitcoin payments for mailchuck.

The only thing to be tested is if these packages require the same procmail
receipe I used for mailchuck.

Regards
Stefan

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On 5/7/21 7:50 PM, Stefan Claas wrote:
> Do you think when using a good privacy based VPS provider that they
> allow third parties to install one, without telling the server admin?

With a court order, absolutely.

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On 5/7/21 8:03 PM, Stefan Claas wrote:
> Which then needs a client re-design, to receive messages, oh well ...

I don't think so.

I think that Mixmaster remailers could talk to each other through Tor --
I have some ideas on how to do this -- and still send email from the
exit just like they do today.

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Stefan Claas wrote in article <AABglE75Z6UAAAAN.A2.flnews@radio-eriwan.su>:
>
> > Grant Taylor wrote:
> >
> > It also makes it easier to see when a human sends an email to a
> > remailer address.
>
> Uh, oh. I do not want to know this! That is also one reason, why
> I do it old school Cypherpunk style and keeping no logs.
>

Remops do *not* keep logs. Grant please stop doing this.

Grant Taylor wrote:
> On 5/7/21 8:03 PM, Stefan Claas wrote:

> I think that Mixmaster remailers could talk to each other through Tor --
> I have some ideas on how to do this -- and still send email from the
> exit just like they do today.

Totally agree
Victor Yamn Victor SMTPRelay=socat+tor+v3-onion-smtp (i own).

Gabx

On 5/11/21 8:15 AM, Gabx wrote:
> Totally agree

:-)

> Victor Yamn Victor SMTPRelay=socat+tor+v3-onion-smtp (i own).

I'm actually thinking slightly differently.

It seems as if Tor has some functionality to cause *.onion (et al.) to
resolve to virtual IPs that it can then handle connections to.

I'm wondering if it would be possible to combine this with a few other
things so that Sendmail / Postfix, or anything else on the system, can
(more) transparently utilize Tor. Then tell Sendmail / Postfix to use
the named .onion host as the email server for a given remailer address.

The SMTPRelay seems like it might be somewhat simpler to do, but would
*ONLY* work for the remailer. Conversely what I'm thinking would allow
anything on the system to benefit from Tor.

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On 5/11/21 7:14 AM, Anonymous wrote:
> Remops do *not* keep logs. Grant please stop doing this.

I'm going to continue running my server the way that I do. Either use
it or don't. It's your choice.

If there is not desire for my remailer, *AS* *IS*, I'll shut it down.

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Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
>
> On 5/11/21 7:14 AM, Anonymous wrote:
> > Remops do *not* keep logs. Grant please stop doing this.
>
> I'm going to continue running my server the way that I do. Either use
> it or don't. It's your choice.
>
> If there is not desire for my remailer, *AS* *IS*, I'll shut it down.
>

Good response. Pls. do not shut down tncmm and the relays. They are very useful.