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   Nomen Nescio to Gabx   
   Re: YamnWeb2   
   18 Oct 25 19:41:11   
   
   XPost: alt.privacy.anon-server, sci.crypt   
   From: nobody@dizum.com   
      
   In article <10d0mfi$300de$1@news.tcpreset.net> Gabx wrote:   
   > Nomen Nescio wrote:   
   > > > *Zero metadata retention - No logs, no persistent data, complete   
   unlinkability   
   > > Can you please explain a little on how you archived this?   
   > >   
   > > Like giving examples of how you archived that postfix is   
   > > absolutely not logging, nor in syslog and which Linux   
   > > distribution is used, so that YAMN and Mixmaster remops   
   > > can learn from it.   
   > >   
   >   
   > Good question, sorry if I elaborate a bit.   
   >   
   > I don't use Postfix or traditional MTAs. My stack is:   
   >   
   > -- Web Interface → YAMN client → Pluto2 → Tor → YAMN mixnet   
   >   
   > YAMN Configuration   
   >   
   > > general:   
   > >   loglevel: warn   
   > >   logtofile: false   
   > >   logtojournal: false   
   > > mail:   
   > >   sendmail: no   
   > >   mx_relay: false   
   >   
   > This server runs debian12:   
   >   
   > > # /etc/rsyslog.d/99-yamn-nolog.conf   
   > > :programname, isequal, "yamn" stop   
   > > :programname, isequal, "pluto2" stop   
   > >   
   > > # /etc/tor/torrc   
   > > Log notice file /dev/null   
   > > SafeLogging 1   
   > > IsolateDestAddr 1   
   > > IsolateDestPort 1   
   >   
   > Pluto2 SMTP Relay   
   > Pluto2 (https://github.com/gabrix73/pluto2) is for anonymous relay.   
   > It logs operational events (connections, batches, relay status) but not:   
   >   
   > Message content or headers   
   > Email addresses   
   > Message IDs beyond 24h in-memory replay cache   
   > Timing correlation data   
   >   
   > Data Persistence   
   >   
   > Pluto2 message ID cache: RAM only, 24h expiry   
   > YAMN pool: temporary files, shreded after send   
   > No database, no persistent queues   
   >   
   > Design Philosophy: Only log what's needed for system reliability, never   
   > message metadata.   
   >   
   > Any advice for improvments is welcome.   
   >   
      
   Thank you very much for the information.   
      
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