I suppose the best way to test this is to send myself an email using "simple Mail" and then run the headers through something like SPAMCOP.NET and see if there is a trace of my ip address/ISP found. I am not really tech enough to go much beyond that. Is there something else I can do to test this?
On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:22:47 -0600 Joe Btfsplk <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 11/14/2013 5:27 PM, Missouri Anglers wrote: > > Has the security of "Simple Mail" been discussed yet? > > If so, can someone tell me where I can find the past discussions? > > > > If not, Simple Mail is a mail client add on for Firefox. It allows you to > > get notified, read and write messages for multiple email accounts "inside" > > Firefox. Does it maintain the privacy associated with the TOR Firefox > > browser? > Maybe others have direct experience w/ it. The general problem w/ many > extensions, plugins, even clients - is they don't "follow the rules" of > staying w/in the Tor network AND not revealing data that may leak your > identity / location. > It's a case by case basis, but for Tor, most don't use extensions / > plugins - for email - like you're talking. They're not developed w/ > extreme anonymity in mind. Not that they don't work for general, non > anonymous use. > > You want what everyone does - ultimate convenience & high anonymity. > They rarely exist together. > > You can search the archives of Tor-talk for previous discussions. > -- > tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk -- Missouri Anglers <[email protected]> -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
