Anonymous Remailer
An anonymous remailer is a server that receives messages with embedded instructions on where to send them next, and that forwards them without revealing where they originally came from. There are Cypherpunk anonymous remailers, Mixmaster anonymous remailers, and nym servers, among others, which differ in how they work, in the policies they adopt, and in the type of attack on anonymity of e-mail they can (or are intended to) resist. Remailing as discussed in this article applies to e-mails intended for particular recipients, not the general public. Anonymity in the latter case is more easily addressed by using any of several methods of anonymous publication.
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... A cypherpunk anonymous remailer is a Type I anonymous remailer that takes messages encrypted with PGP or GPG, or in some cases in plain text, and ...
... QuickSilver and QuickSilver Lite remailer software are Windows e-mail client applications which send messages through Mixmaster anonymous remailer cascades ... manner and sends them optionally through the Mixmaster anonymous remailer network dependent on its settings or certain header flags ... of a message unrecognizable, can automatically secure non-anonymous communication as well ...
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