Nollaig MacKenzie wrote:
>
> On 2000.10.10 05:23:25, you,
> the extraordinary rex, opined:
>
> > On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 12:14:24AM -0400, David T-G wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> It's almost pointless to save the encrypted version, since it is
> > >> encrypted with someone else's public key and I can't decrypt and read my
> > >> own sent mail.
> > >
> > > Well, then, you should simply encrypt to your key as well :-)
> >
> > If you contemplate EVER using remailers, this is a BAD idea. It's very
> > easy to forget that outgoing messages are being encrypted to you, and that
> > anyone can see that fact. So, when your message, carefully routed through
> > a remailer chain to hide the source of the message, gets to the recipient,
> > s/he can see that it is encrypted to you (as can anyone else with access
> > to the encrypted message), which is a VERY strong clue as to who sent the
> > message.
> >
>
> May I check my thought about achieving the effect
> of encrypting to self while avoiding the loss of
> anonymity?
>
> Put this in Mutt.aliases (or functional equivalent):
>
> alias moi ${NAME} <${USER}@${HOST}>
>
> Define these macros in Muttrc or .muttrc:
>
> macro compose \ce "bmoi\npe"
> macro compose \cb "bmoi\npb"
>
> ^E in the compose menu puts myself on the "Bcc: "
> line, invokes the pgp menu, and chooses "encrypt".
>
> Am I right in thinking that the message Bcc-ed to
> myself is encrypted quite independently of the
> message "To: " whoever (and vice-versa, which is
> what actually matters)?
>
> Cheers, N.
no, but the solution is trivial. create an "anonymous" secret/public key
pair for use when sending anonymous mail. it doesn't matter if people can
see that a message was encrypted to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
and they can't locate the "public" key because you've hidden it under a
rock. they won't be able to identify you but you can still decrypt your own
sent mail. just don't ever use the same key when encrypting non-anonymous
mail.
raf
p.s. if you do this, please don't use the example address
given above 'cause they'll come looking for me :)
