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Re: [Cryptography] mailinator?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jerry Leichter)
Sun Oct 27 01:10:16 2013
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From: Jerry Leichter <leichter@lrw.com>
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Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 07:29:58 -0400
To: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
Cc: "cryptography@metzdowd.com" <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
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On Oct 25, 2013, at 5:35 PM, Salz, Rich wrote:
> Anyone thought of using mailinator?
I've used it ... but what purposes do you have in mind? If you're =
thinking of using it as a quick way to quickly implement the "encrypt =
and broadcast to everyone" anonymous mail system ... it would quickly =
collapse. The description of mailinator says that it's purely an =
in-memory system, with limited capacity. For its intended usage - mail =
addresses where you just need something that will receive mail, you =
never intend to read it; or where there is one message - e.g., a =
confirmation of sign-up that you will grab and respond to within =
minutes, and then never care about again - that's fine. When memory =
fills, older messages are discarded - at this point, after "a few =
hours". There are already protections against too much crud being =
received - attachments are discarded, there's a size limit.
Did you have something else in mind?
-- Jerry
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<html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; =
"><div><div>On Oct 25, 2013, at 5:35 PM, Salz, Rich =
wrote:</div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"border-collapse: separate; font-family: Courier; font-style: =
normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: =
normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; =
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: =
auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div =
lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"><div class=3D"WordSection1" =
style=3D"page: WordSection1; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; =
margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: =
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Anyone thought of using =
mailinator?<o:p></o:p></div></div></div></span></blockquote>I've used it =
... but what purposes do you have in mind? If you're thinking of =
using it as a quick way to quickly implement the "encrypt and broadcast =
to everyone" anonymous mail system ... it would quickly collapse. =
The description of mailinator says that it's purely an in-memory =
system, with limited capacity. For its intended usage - mail =
addresses where you just need something that will receive mail, you =
never intend to read it; or where there is one message - e.g., a =
confirmation of sign-up that you will grab and respond to within =
minutes, and then never care about again - that's fine. When =
memory fills, older messages are discarded - at this point, after "a few =
hours". There are already protections against too much crud being =
received - attachments are discarded, there's a size =
limit.</div><div><br></div><div>Did you have something else in =
mind?</div><div><div> =
=
=
-- Jerry</div><div><br></div></div></body></html>=
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