RE: Hiding IP in E-Mail..

[Tim Greer <chatmaster () charter net>]

On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 16:04, Mark Sargent wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> no, I'm not training to be a spammer. I just wish to hide my IP address from
> people I mail to. I don't have access to my ISP's mail server. I don't care
> about the person I'm mailing to knowing who I am, just don't want my IP
> showing, that's all. When my OE connects to a lists server, I don't want
> then knowing who I am. I'm just extra paranoid, I guess. I've just
> re-installed my OS after a lot of weird goings on, and am lookin' to tie
> down the hatch a little more. Am already using proxies for browsing and a
> good soft firewall. Am studying up on TCP/IP and am now looking at packet
> filtering apps and network traffic monitors etc..guess I'm also starting to
> enjoy the security side of it, as I had almost 10yrs in the security
> business, non PC. Anyway, thanx to all for your suggestions etc. Cheers.
>
> Mark Sargent.

If your IP doesn't show, then SMTP is broken in my opinion.  If you want
to get around having your IP show, use a web mail service and a proxy to
send through it, or just use a remailer.  IPs (should) are shown in the
header for good reason, you shouldn't try and get around this.
-- 
Tim Greer <chatmaster () charter net>


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