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Reliable Help File [rev 1.0.4]
This help file describes only the very basic and low-security use of this
remailer. For the complete User's Manual, please visit
http://www.bigfoot.com/~potatoware/reli/UserMan.htm
This help file is requested by sending a blank message directly to the
remailer with the subject: remailer-help
To see the configuration options supported by this remailer, use the
subject: remailer-conf
For the public keys to this remailer, use the subject: remailer-key
INTRODUCTION
Remailers are used to send anonymous email. To send mail, send a REMAIL
REQUEST to the remailer using any standard email client. (If your client
uses MIME, be sure MIME encoding is turned off, or your message may be
discarded.) The message in your remail request will be sent anonymously to
the address you specify. All original email headers are removed, and the
origin of the message is unknown to the recipient.
For greater ease and security, use a specialized remailer client to create
your remail requests: http://www.bigfoot.com/~potatoware/
REMAIL REQUEST: MIXMASTER
If this remailer supports Mixmaster [mix] (check remailer-conf) it will
accept Mixmaster remail requests. Mixmaster is a more secure message
format. To create Mixmaster remail requests, you must use the Mixmaster
client, available at http://www.skuz.net/potatoware/mix204b45.zip
If running DOS/Windows, Mixmaster is more readily handled using a remailer
client: http://www.bigfoot.com/~potatoware/
REMAIL REQUEST: CYPHERPUNK
If this remailer supports Cypherpunk [cpunk] (check remailer-conf) it will
accept Cypherpunk remail requests. These may be easily created using any
standard email client.
The remail request is placed in the text part of your email message. The
following shows an example of a Cypherpunk remail request:
::
Anon-To: final@recipient.com
This is the text of the message which will be sent anonymously to the
final recipient. Be sure to include a blank line before the message
text, as shown. This message is shown indented for clarity, but you
should not indent your actual remail request.
Insert your address in place of "final@recipient.com", and send the above
message to this remailer. You will receive the message anonymously.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If this remailer is pgponly (check remailer-conf), it will
not accept the above remail request. pgponly remailers require remail
requests to be encrypted with PGP. (See instructions below).
If you would like to add a subject header to the final anonymous message,
use the following remail request format:
::
Anon-To: final@recipient.com
##
Subject: This is the subject of the message
This is the text of the message which will be sent anonymously to the
final recipient with the subject "This is the subject of the message".
Any headers added in the hash ("##") section) will appear in the final
message.
REMAIL REQUEST: CYPHERPUNK NEWS POST
If this remailer support Cypherpunk [cpunk] and news posting [post] (check
remailer-conf) you can use the following remail request format to post
anonymous messages to newsgroups:
::
Anon-Post-To: alt.test
##
Subject: This is the subject of the post
This is the text of the message which will be posted anonymously to the
newsgroup "alt.test". Be sure to include a subject when posting to
newsgroups.
REMAIL REQUEST: CYPHERPUNK ENCRYPTED
Any Cypherpunk remail request may be encrypted with PGP
http://www.pgpi.com for greater security. As the message travels from
your computer to the remailer, both the final recipient and the message text
is not readable. To PGP encrypt your remail requests, you must first obtain
the public PGP key for the remailer. To do so send a blank message with the
subject: remailer-key
Once this remailer's public key is installed on your keyring, create a
remail request as shown in the previous sections. Save your remail request
to a file, such as REMAIL.TXT. To encrypt the message, use the following
PGP 2.6.x command format:
pgp -eat REMAIL.TXT thisremailer@address.com
That will produce the file REMAIL.ASC. This file is used to build the
PGP-Encrypted remail request by adding three lines at the top. For example:
::
Encrypted: PGP
-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
Version: 2.6.2
hIkDPRWysueuweUBA+YhW2K6n2PPnFOcZulHzNNdeJ8OxHX5Aq3mbRKBlnogMjkD
dr8wzb6yNk0QWxKyUSQUaoluaUKex/oEdXxXBCWLIXuKUebk/0DEL4oMYwPsjekD
N/rFoHp3g4EGbS9mz42cTOeQXGljMG2E1NAdDp3mUqRZLmfkkoF2lMKbBFGW
=2NpQ
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----
Send this PGP-Encrypted remail request to the remailer address. It will
decrypt the message and process the remail request inside.
REMAIL REQUEST: CYPHERPUNK CHAIN
The following is a more advanced example of Cypherpunk remail requests:
::
Anon-To: remailer2@address.com
Latent-Time: +3:00
::
Anon-To: final@recipient.com
##
Subject: This is the subject of the final message
This is the text which would be sent anonymously to final@recipient.com.
This example shows two remailers being used consecutively to deliver a
message - what is a called a "remailer chain". You would mail the above
remail request to remailer1@address.com (any Cypherpunk remailer). It would
hold the message for a three hour delay (which improves security), and then
mail the message in the request anonymously to remailer2@address.com. In
this case, the message in the request is another remail request, which would
instruct remailer2 to mail the message anonymously to final@recipient.com.
Although it is not shown in this example for clarity, both remail requests
could be PGP-encrypted which each remailer's public key for greater security
and anonymity. In that case remailer1 would not be able to read the final
recipient address or message. Also, remailer2 would not know the original
sender of the message, because it received the remail request anonymously
from remailer1.
REMAILER RELIABILITY
For various reasons, some remailers often experience more down-time than
standard mail servers. Thus it is important to test if a remailer is
working before using it. Due to their nature, remailers will not generally
bounce messages. Unsent messages, due to server problems or invalid remail
requests, will simply disappear.
You may also consult remailer statistics web pages which display
continuously updated tables of remailer reliability. Several such web pages
are listed below:
http://www.drule.org/remailer/
http://frogadmin.free.fr/Main.html
http://www.neuropa.net/~gretchen/
http://pages.globetrotter.net/arris/stats/
http://anon.efga.org/Remailers/
For additional links visit
http://www.bigfoot.com/~potatoware/links.html#STATSWEB
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
There is a great deal more to be learned about remailers than what is
explained in this help file. For additional information on remailers,
clients, news posting, and encryption, please review the following web
sites:
REMAILER INFORMATION
http://www.bigfoot.com/~potatoware/reli/UserMan.htm
http://www.bigfoot.com/~potatoware/links.html
http://www.dis.org/erehwon/anonymity.html
http://frogadmin.free.fr/
http://www.bigfoot.com/~potatoware/privacy.txt (Many Links)
REMAILER CLIENTS (Create remail requests automatically)
http://www.bigfoot.com/~potatoware/ (Windows & DOS)
http://www.lynagh.demon.co.uk/pidaho/ (Windows)
http://wkweb4.cableinet.co.uk/hmartin/readme.html (Windows)
http://www.skuz.net/quicksilver/ (Windows)
http://www.thur.de/ulf/mix/ (Mixmaster for DOS/Windows/UNIX)
http://www.fitug.de/ulf/mix/ (Mixmaster for DOS/Windows/UNIX)
http://www.bigfoot.com/~potatoware/privacy.txt (Large List)
Reliable runs on Windows systems. If you are interested in running a
public or local Reliable remailer on your system, visit the Reliable Remailer
Homepage: http://www.bigfoot.com/~potatoware/reli/ Reliable is freeware.