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Anonymous

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May 10, 2013, 11:13:01 AM5/10/13
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Husmail used to allow opening a free account with them that did not
entail giving them an alternate email addy, nor did they demand you
expose your IP by enabling javascript when using the Tor browser.

Does anyone know of such a source of a freebie email account nowadays?

There are times I'd like to communicate via quicker method than
remailer email but still remain anon.

Thanks.


Wilbur Eleven

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May 10, 2013, 3:06:00 PM5/10/13
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In article <9c8de319e4d67df3...@mail.hoi-polloi.org>,
Anonymous <anon...@hoi-polloi.org> wrote:

> Husmail used to allow opening a free account with them that did not
> entail giving them an alternate email addy, nor did they demand you
> expose your IP by enabling javascript when using the Tor browser.


It's not Javascript, 'tis Java. Different beasts.

Wilbur "t'were Percy Sledge" Friendly.

--

Fine then, I'm drinking coffee and rolling cigarettes and looking
out at the hot baked street and a lady just walked by wiggling it
in tight white pants, and we are not dead yet. -- C.B.

Anonymous

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May 10, 2013, 5:45:18 PM5/10/13
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In article <kmjger$kec$1...@news.mixmin.net>
You're mistaken.

To sign up for a new account using Tor, one now gets this statement:
===
The computer you are using has been blocked from our website,
possibly due to abuse or spam. Computers are blocked using an
automatic process that will sometimes make mistakes, resulting in
people who were not abusing the system being unable to access our
website. If you believe that you are seeing this message in
error, please contact us at
https://www.hushmail.com/contact/abuse/ and we will unblock your
computer as soon as possible
===

To access my account which was made before their javascript
requirement, I now get a notice that javascript is required to be
turned on before accessing my account.

Anonymous Remailer (austria)

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May 10, 2013, 6:10:11 PM5/10/13
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I don't think that javascript can expose your ip address. Setup
a nym at mixnym.net.

Creating a Nym at mixnym.net

Create a new key pair for yournym@domain.
Ideally, make it an RSA key of 4096 bits, (if all users create
keys of the
same format, it's harder to link messages).
GnuPG Command: gpg --gen-key

Export your Public Key
This will extract the newly generated key from your keyring and
store it in
a text file. In the following example, I've named that file
pubkey.txt
GnuPG Command: gpg --armor --export yournym@domain > pubkey.txt

Edit the pubkey.txt file
You only need to perform this step if you want to configure
additional
options on your Nym, such as Subject Identification or
Symmetric Encryption.
For each option, add a line to the pubkey.txt file using the
format:-
option: setting
For example, to add a subject-password of dead_parrot:-
Subject-Password: dead-parrot
Caps are unimportant in the option name, but are sensitive in
the setting.

Encrypt the pubkey.txt file
The pubkey.txt file must now be encrypted to the Nymserver. In
the following
example, the encrypted file will be created as pubkey.txt.asc
GnuPG Command: gpg --armor --encrypt --recipient
con...@mixnym.net pubkey.txt

Email the encrypted file
The file must now be sent anonymously to con...@mixnym.net. The
best way to
do this is to use mixmaster. You may also which to use your
preferred
Mixmaster client.
Mixmaster Command: mixmaster -tm con...@mixnym.net
pubkey.txt.asc

That's it! The Nymserver decrypts the message, extracts your Nym's
email address
from the supplied Public Key and processes it. Providing the Nym
isn't reserved
or alreadly allocated, you will receive a confirmation message from
the Nymserver,
encrypted to your key.

It's worth noting that this is the only message the server will
ever accept from
you that's not signed by your key. From now on, your digital
signature will prove
your ownership of the Nym.

Anonymous

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May 10, 2013, 7:49:50 PM5/10/13
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In article <98f692ea48c3a7ff...@mail.hoi-polloi.org>
I've found what I was looking for.

Sign up here:
http://jhiwjjlqpyawmpjx.onion/

Use the Squirrel for no javascript once you've signed up:
http://jhiwjjlqpyawmpjx.onion/squirrelmail/src/login.php




Anonymous

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May 10, 2013, 8:00:04 PM5/10/13
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If you are running Windows, I think that the AAMhSub program will
setup the mixnym.net nym automatically for you. Then you will use
the AAMhSub program to send and receive email messages. Just
remember, the recipient will receive your email in the open, so he
can not know who you are or should not in any way reveal your
identity. It is best for anyone you know to also have a mixnym.net
address. That way the message is decrypted and re-encrypted within
the mixnym.net site and is never seen.

You use AAM hSub/SSL Reconnaissance for your mail checker.

Whistler

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May 12, 2013, 6:45:39 AM5/12/13
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On: Fri, 10 May 2013 23:49:50 GMT, Anonymous <anon...@hoi-polloi.org> wrote:
>In article <98f692ea48c3a7ff...@mail.hoi-polloi.org>
>Anonymous <anon...@hoi-polloi.org> wrote:
>>
>> In article <kmjger$kec$1...@news.mixmin.net>
>> Wilbur Eleven <w...@nowhere.at.all.ru.ca.fr.uk.us> wrote:
>> >
>> > In article <9c8de319e4d67df3...@mail.hoi-polloi.org>,
>> > Anonymous <anon...@hoi-polloi.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Husmail used to allow opening a free account with them that did not
>> > > entail giving them an alternate email addy, nor did they demand you
>> > > expose your IP by enabling javascript when using the Tor browser.
< snip >
>
>I've found what I was looking for.
>
>Sign up here:
>http://jhiwjjlqpyawmpjx.onion/
>
>Use the Squirrel for no javascript once you've signed up:
>http://jhiwjjlqpyawmpjx.onion/squirrelmail/src/login.php

If tormail works for you, that's great. Others have had some
problems. There was a thread about this on the tor-talk mailing
list at the end of last March.

I am interested in web-based email accounts that have the following properties:

1. Free
It is hard to pay anonymously.

2. Allow sign up and use from the web over Tor
If you are web browsing without Tor, you are not anonymous.

3. Don't require javascript for either sign up or use.
I don't trust those who claim the last bug has been found.

4. Allow fetching mail w/ IMAP and sending with SMTP via a torrified connection.

So far, I have found (noting those that require an email address which
is a requirement that you have that I do not):

Activist/Privacy based:

1. riseup.net
They are activists in Seattle, and prefer to limit accounts to
those working for a cause. My cause is privacy and anonymity.

2. www.autistici.org/en/
They run a remailer (paranoia), and a nymserver
(ny...@paranoici.org), as well. More on nymservers below.
Requires an email address.

3. privatdemail.net/en/
A German privacy organization.
Requires an email address.

4. tormail.net
Mentioned in quoted message about, details there.

Non-Activist (as far as I know):

5. safe-mail.net
An Israeli outfit. They have been around for a long time.
Some people don't trust an Isreali outfit because they think that the
Mossad is monitoring them. I believe all the TLAs are monitoring all
the anonymous remailers, so going to one you trust (and then trusting
it) can be a fatal mistake.

6. mail.yandex.com/
A Russian outfit. See comments for safe-mail.net, substitute
KGB for MOSSAD.

7. www.vfemail.net/
Use 'horde' minimalist interface to login w/o j/s.
I don't know who these guys are. Does anyone else?
Requires an email address.

Nymservers:

As has been suggested on this thread, nymservers are a more solid
choice, albeit more difficult for some to manage. The following are
old-style nymservers which are currently running:

nym.mixmin.net
nymph.paranoici.net

Unfortunately nym.dizum is down.

The following are new-style (invented by Zax) nymservers:

mixnym.net
nymserv.breaka.net


Good luck,

Whistler

Fritz Wuehler

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May 17, 2013, 6:04:53 PM5/17/13
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>I've found what I was looking for.
>
>Sign up here:http://jhiwjjlqpyawmpjx.onion/

There's still an information leak when it comes to sending.

Whenever you must send an unencrypted payload, and the receiving mail
server supports SSL, it's not sensible to use a relay. If you relay
the mail through jhiwjjlqpyawmpjx.onion, for example, TLS ends at the
relay and the cleartext is needlessly exposed to an intermediate party
(whoever runs tormail).

It's better to connect directly to the recipients mail server, so that
the only the destination server sees the payload.

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