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HOW TO SEND AN EMAIL ANONYMOUSLY
What is Anonymous Emailing?
Anonymous emailing, Remailing or Prank emailing
as it is more commonly known, is a type of
system that allows a user to send emails while
concealing or protecting their Identity,
rendering such emails untraceable. The system
involves a server computer that obtains
instructions on where to send received messages
without revealing their origin -every byte of
information dispatched is obscured by
encryption.
This server computer is known as an
Anonymous Remailer. Remailing services is a
rather new venture, but is rapidly gaining
popularity especially, with the need for more
private interactions among people
How does Anonymous Emailing work?
There are various ways in which a Remailer works
depending on how the creator or owner intended
it to perform or is influenced by the legal
guidelines that govern their locale, whatever
the procedure taken, the process all boils down
to the same thing- different processes same
results. When surfing the net or emailing, data
is usually transferred back and forth between
the sender and recipient, containing the IP
addresses of the parties involved, however,
should the IP source address be altered and
falsified, then it would be impossible to trace
the origins of the data.
The basic way of sending an anonymous email is
as follows, the best thing to do is pick a
reliable remailer service provider, they should
have a simple input form that you need to fill
on their webpage, in the form include the
recipients email address, the intended subject,
and then your message, just as you would fill in
a normal email, make sure to fill the minimum
required fields, click on the send or submit
button, this activates a script that lays out
the information you have fed it and sends it to
the final recipient, removing any links to you.
Why use proxy service when sending anonymous emails?
A proxy server is an application program that
receives requests to filter and carry out
precise tasks such as, tracing a web page, file
or other internet material available from
another server or computer. So why use a proxy
server then when sending anonymous emails? So
that the machine used to send any information
anonymously cannot be traced, to control or
filter some web content, to find a way around
security controls, to evade area restrictions
among others. Whenever you go online your
computer is assigned a specific address known as
an IP address, which is something similar to a
P.O box, this is necessary for information to be
sent straight to it at your command, therefore
it is quite easy for you to be tracked this way.
The users IP address can tell, which internet
service provider the individual is using e.g.
ATT, and can also give your physical location,
the actual name of the user might be hard to
divulge, therefore it is best for a person to
use an Internet /Cyber café when sending
anonymous emails.
Abuse of Remailer services
Some individuals are bound to use remailer
service for their own malicious interests like,
invading privacy, fraudulent transactions,
terrorism the list goes on, but internet
regulators are on the look out for such
activities.
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