more on new threat to our security: mail without complete addresses

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

        From:     gdyson () ias edu
	Subject: 	Re: [IP] more on new threat to our security: mail without 
complete addresses
        Date:   October 20, 2004 11:48:08 PM EDT
        To:       dave () farber net
        Cc:       lauren () vortex com, smb () research att com

This has been Canada Post's domestic policy for some time. Since 
leaving Canada I've occasionally been visiting up there and needed to 
mail something to a Canadian address, but without the required Canadian 
return address. This puzzled me for a while until I realized the 
solution is to put the "to" address (adding my own name) as the return 
address. Has (so far) worked every time.



Begin forwarded message:

From: Michael Mee <mm2001 () pobox com>
Date: October 20, 2004 11:54:08 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net, lauren () vortex com
Subject: Re: [IP] more on new threat to our security: mail without 
complete addresses

> Of course, that's *any* name and address that the sender
> chooses to put on the mailing, not necessarily the *actual*
> name and address of the sender.  The security-enhancing
> aspects of this rule are unfortunately laughable.

All packages I've received in USA from my family in Australia for the 
past
few months have been stamped with "ID Recorded" (or similar). If enough
countries start this practice and its not too easy to forge, then it 
might
indeed become a "workable" system - at least to the extent that any such
system can be (i.e. the people who really want to bypass it can and do,
while everyone else pays the cost and suffers the inconvenience).

cheers, michael
www.socalfreenet.org

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