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   Yamn Remailer to Nomen Nescio   
   Re: sending real dummy messages   
   16 Feb 25 13:29:21   
   
   XPost: alt.cypherpunks, alt.privacy.anon-server   
   From: noreply@mixmin.net   
      
   Nomen Nescio  wrote:   
   >On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 10:57:56 +0000, Yamn3 Remailer  wrote   
   >in Message-ID: <20250215.105756.eb355346@mixmin.net>:   
      
   >> It's frightening how anonymity erodes decency.   
   >   
   >Not at all. Decency would be for the perpetrator behind this hare-brained   
   >scheme to actually listen-to those they have victimized, and to NOT spam our   
   >inboxes with unasked-for email messages.   
      
   The _anonymous_ (!) perpetrator.   
      
   >   
   >It would be one thing if they were to promote this as a service, if it were   
   >opt-in, but they didn't do that, did they?   
   >   
   >To be frank, if I want to generate such 'cover-traffic' to my nym's inbox I   
   >could run this script myself -- I don't need some unknown third-party doing   
   >it for me, without so much as a by-your-leave.   
   >   
   >Operating as they are, makes them hardly better than any other low-life,   
   >piece of shit spammer.   
   >   
   >The only thing worse than this would be for the authorities (or other low-   
   >lifes) to use this scheme to attack the nymservers, flooding our nymserver   
   >accounts with piles of shit.   
   >   
   >Because this individual does not appear to be willing to listen to reason,   
   >and continues to abuse both Yamn and the Nymservers, the only solution, in   
   >the long-term, lies with the convincing both the Mixmin and Paranoici   
   >nymserver operators to block incoming emails from the Yamn remailers.   
      
   Never ever.  Accepting remailer messages is mandatory for bidirectional   
   anonymous communication through nym servers.   
      
   >   
   >Frankly, that is going to suck, but I see NO alternative, particularly   
   >considering that anyone can use this method to flood our accounts with shit.   
      
   No.  That's not the first spamming attack and it won't be the last.  We   
   have to stay strong and ride out the storm.  No retreat, no surrender!   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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