APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 1/8]: Overview

Subject: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 1/8]: Overview

This is the first of eight parts of a list of frequently-asked
questions (FAQ) and their answers regarding anonymous remailer use. The
newsgroup containing the most discussion of anonymous remailers is
<alt.privacy.anon-server> (APAS). Consequently, this FAQ is the
"APAS FAQ for Remailer Users," or the APAS user FAQ.

Champerty wrote the original APAS user FAQ with the help of Stray Cat.
Thanks also go out to Thomas Boschloo, Michael T. Shinn, Lord Running
Clam, and all the regulars in APAS. Computer Cryptology (CC) now
maintains the FAQ, using CVS to track changes since Champerty's
leaving. CC thanks Frog-Admin for review of changes to part 5; Redbird
for FAQ 4.8; Ahab, Saddle, and Doc.Cypher for FAQ 7.3; and Boris 'pi'
Piwinger, Stefan Wagner (Narnia Admin) and Jochen Wersdörfer for
assistance with FAQ 4.10.

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The following topics are in this FAQ:

   1: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 1/8]: Overview
   2: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 2/8]: alt.privacy.anon-server
   3: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 3/8]: Remailer Basics
   4: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 4/8]: Remailer Details
   5: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 5/8]: Statistics
   6: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 6/8]: Software
   7: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 7/8]: Nyms
   8: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 8/8]: Troubleshooting


Subject: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 1/8]: Overview

This document is the overview.


Subject: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 2/8]: alt.privacy.anon-server

   1: [FAQ 2.1] What is this newsgroup about?
   2: [FAQ 2.2] Are there any rules I should know about?

GOTO: alt.privacy.anon-server


Subject: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 3/8]: Remailer Basics

   1: [FAQ 3.1] What is an anon server or anonymous remailer?
   2: [FAQ 3.2] Who runs these remailers and why?
   3: [FAQ 3.3] What is a Cypherpunk Remailer?
   4: [FAQ 3.4] How do I get the key for a particular remailer?
   5: [FAQ 3.5] How can I get all the keys for all the remailers?
   6: [FAQ 3.6] What is a Mixmaster Remailer?

GOTO: Remailer Basics


Subject: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 4/8]: Remailer Details

   1: [FAQ 4.1] Which remailers are good? Reliable? Secure?
   2: [FAQ 4.2] How can I find more information about a remailer?
   3: [FAQ 4.3] What is chaining? And what is a  middleman?
   4: [FAQ 4.4] Won't the first remailer in the chain know who I am?
   5: [FAQ 4.5] Can't the last remailer's remop read my message?
   6: [FAQ 4.6] How do I chain cypherpunk remailers?
   7: [FAQ 4.7] Can I use mail2news gateways to post anonymously?
   8: [FAQ 4.8] How do I know which newsgroups a gateway carries?
   9: [FAQ 4.9] What's different about mail2news_nospam vs mail2news?
   10: [FAQ 4.10] When replying to a message, how do I thread my post?
   11: [FAQ 4.11] Which remailers permit my own "From:" header?
   12: [FAQ 4.12] Where do I find public SMTP servers (open relays)?

GOTO: Remailer Details


Subject: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 5/8]: Statistics

   1: [FAQ 5.1] What are stats pages?
   2: [FAQ 5.2] How are stats Versions 1 and 2 different?
   3: [FAQ 5.3] Where can I find stats pages?
   4: [FAQ 5.4] Why are there dead remailers on the stats pages?

GOTO: Statistics


Subject: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 6/8]: Software

   1: [FAQ 6.1] Do you recommend that I learn PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)?
   2: [FAQ 6.2] Which remailer client should I choose?

GOTO: Software


Subject: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 7/8]: Nyms

   1: [FAQ 7.1] How is a nym different from anon. posting?
   2: [FAQ 7.2] How do I get a particular nym server's key?
   3: [FAQ 7.3] Why do alt.anonymous.messages subjects look random?
   4: [FAQ 7.4] Why are nyms such a bitch to set up?
   5: [FAQ 7.5] How can I ensure nym creation goes smoothly?

GOTO: Nyms


Subject: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 8/8]: Troubleshooting

   1: [FAQ 8.1] It's hours later! Why hasn't my test post arrived?
   2: [FAQ 8.2] Why didn't my email/post make it through?

GOTO: Troubleshooting
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