Joe Btfsplk: > > On 10/12/2013 8:30 PM, Johnny Carson wrote: >> Joe Btfsplk: >>> I guess you went thru part of the signup process to see it assigns a >>> random string as your acct username / email address? >>> It told me the registration was "having problems." How long was the >>> random assigned name? >>> >>> That'd be a bit tough sending mail to general people. But, if you want >>> privacy... >>> I wonder if there's an option to enter a name that goes in front of the >>> email user name, like most clients or even ISPs allow? >>> >>> I guess it'd be fine for typical mail, but the entire size per message >>> limit is 2 MB. >> I too use Bitmessage.ch by their hidden service address (SSL). I use >> Torbirdy with Thunderbird. >> >> When I send emails to people I just enter a name into Thunderbird and >> that's the name a recipient sees. The email address of course is long, >> but I haven't found anyone that seemed to care. >> >> I dont send big files though, the 2 mb limit is low. >> >> A trace of an email sent through Tor and then Bitmessage and then to the >> recipient shows Tor exit node IP address, without usable metadata AFAIU >> what Bitmessage.ch does for metadata. >> >> >> There's a new Tor Mail Gateway coming online and it sounds bad ass: >> >> https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Special:AWCforum/sp/id429 >> >> https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-August/thread.html#29464 >> >> >> https://github.com/moba/tor2mail >> > Thanks for the info. As always (& as Bitmessage site points out), if > you send unencrypted email outside to "regular" email servers, sensitive > or personal info faces exposure & scanning by the receiving server. > You can encrypt messages, but that's still not accepted by average users. > > I'm guessing that using Bitmessage w/ Tor, that perhaps the receiving > server or the recipient, can't determine the sender's actual IP address? > Has there been much of a problem w/ other email providers rejecting > messages from Bitmessage servers?
Yes, scanning is still an issue, just like if one used Gmail, Yahoo mail, etc., instead of Tor + Bitmessage Mail Gateway. Scanning can/does happen at a few points along the email path. Using Bitmessage Mail Gateway (bitmessgae.ch) with Tor means the recipient see's the Tor exit node IP address. I have found a few commercial email address (to business) drop the email due to the IP address, but not even 5% of the total emails Ive sent I would guess, are blocked. -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
