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IP: state your position on Anon.penet.fi and do pass THIS ONE
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 1996 16:56:07 -0400
From: daemon () anon penet fi Date: Sun, 1 Sep 96 23:23:59 +0300 To: farber () central cis upenn edu Subject: Anon.penet.fi is closed! Due to both the ever-increasing workload and the current uncertain legal status of the privacy of e-mail in Finland, I have now closed down this service until further notice. For now, you can still mail NON-ANONYMOUSLY to existing anXXXXX () anon penet fi users using the naXXXXX () anon penet fi address convention, so that you might establish another way to communicate with people you only know by their anon.penet.fi address, but news postings and anonymous mail is not supported. To use the non-anonymous forwarding service, you have to modify the anon address by swapping the first two letters (an to na, standing for Not Anonymous), so that an123456 () anon penet fi becomes na123456 () anon penet fi. But remember that your address will *not* be removed - this method is only intended as a stop-gap to enable you to establish another way of communicating with the people you only know by their anon.penet.fi addresses. If you feel that the service has been valuable, you can send a letter of support to support () anon penet fi, and likewise, if you feel it is a good thing the remailer has gone off the air, you can use the address against () anon penet fi to outline your reasons. As people always ask me why anyone would need a service such as anon.penet.fi, I am collecting case stories at why () anon penet fi. I have now maintained this service for over 3 years, and as there have appeared a number of other similar, reliable and well maintained servers, I feel we have reached a situation where the current anon.penet.fi server can be retired. Thank you for a very interesting time on the net! Julf P.S.: More info and the full press release on http://www.penet.fi/
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