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SteveDallas · 10-13-2006, 11:13 AM

It sounds like you don't care if they can write back to you. In that case I would say Mixmaster is your friend if you are ultra-paranoid. It can be complicated, though.

What UT says is right to a great extent. However, somebody armed with a subpoena would probably be able to get Google or Yahoo to cough up the IP address used to send the email and your ISP to tell them that you were using that address at that time. How likely this scenario is, is something you have to judge based on the nature of your information and the people who will not like it being released.

A wireless connection at a public space that doesn't require a login is probably OK to use for signing up w/ google/yahoo and sending your email--just make sure you don't turn around and log in to that account from home.

This line of thinking represents extreme paranoia, which is sometimes justified. If your opponents are not rich and well-lawyered, then less extreme measures are probably adequate. (Probably. How probable? It's a judgement call.)

Whatever you do don't send from work!! There's an excellent chance enough address info will be included in it to let them figure out that it came from your employer. It's one thing that they can tell a Verizon DSL customer sent it... quite another if they know it was somebody from Amalgamated Widgets, Inc.

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SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	It sounds like you don't care if they can write back to you. In that case I would say Mixmaster is your friend if you are ultra-paranoid. It can be complicated, though. What UT says is right to a great extent. However, somebody armed with a subpoena would probably be able to get Google or Yahoo to cough up the IP address used to send the email and your ISP to tell them that you were using that address at that time. How likely this scenario is, is something you have to judge based on the nature of your information and the people who will not like it being released. A wireless connection at a public space that doesn't require a login is probably OK to use for signing up w/ google/yahoo and sending your email--just make sure you don't turn around and log in to that account from home. This line of thinking represents extreme paranoia, which is sometimes justified. If your opponents are not rich and well-lawyered, then less extreme measures are probably adequate. (Probably. How probable? It's a judgement call.) Whatever you do don't send from work!! There's an excellent chance enough address info will be included in it to let them figure out that it came from your employer. It's one thing that they can tell a Verizon DSL customer sent it... quite another if they know it was somebody from Amalgamated Widgets, Inc. Last edited by SteveDallas; 10-13-2006 at 11:21 AM.