I first discovered anonymous remailers like the one in Finland (now
closed) nearly three years ago. I liked the way the protection they offer
allowed people with personal problems to share their deepest feelings in
groups such as alt.support.depression. I hope you don't need one of the
several hundred groups but if you do, here's a list.
We've also added a number of less visible "hooks" that should make keeping
John Doe up to date far less hassle.
The John Doe Home Page
Version 1.7 is out!
(Skip straight to download section)
New features
Good News for
Registered Users
Do you worry about your privacy on the Internet? Then read on for some
unique solutions. This low cost technology uses encryption with a special
"remailer" and gives you these astounding features:
Anonymity - no one need know who you are
Privacy - Your System Admin cannot read your
mail
Double Privacy - Your System Admin doesn't know
who you are talking to
Security - A compromised remailer does not
compromise you
Flexibility - Join Mailing List Groups Anonymously
Usenet posting and receive replies.
New Identity - Obtain a new "ordinary looking" e-mail
address
They're also useful if you are
an activist living under an oppressive regime or perhaps a whistleblower
who dare not post under your own name. Do you want everyone to know it's
you looking for a new job on misc.jobs.wanted? Maybe you're just a private
sort of person.
Ordinary anonymous servers are very useful but many discussion and
support groups use LISTSERV which causes severe problems with anonymous
mail servers. Even without that problem, the nagging fear that your System
Administrator might read your posts (or replies) remains.
Then I discovered Alias or Nymservers. They not only give you a new
identity, they encrypt your messages too.
Notice that the people you are talking to don't need any special software
but if they have the same concerns, perhaps they should. Then I discovered
why they have only about 500 users while other remailers have hundreds
of thousands. They are extremely difficult to use
Then I saw an incident in a self-help group where someone didn't
have enough protection.
So, I thought, how would it be if I wrote
a Windows program that took away all the difficult bits? That's how John
Doe was born.
Creates your free account on the Nymserver
Sends your mail - privately
Receives replies
Posts to Usenet
New Features in V1.6 and V1.7
Extra Troubleshooting information
Supports follow-up Usenet posts
Reflects the many recent changes in the remailer
world
Easier reading of incoming mail to your Nym
Can add headers, nicknames, etc to your Nym
Evaluation version of 1.7 no longer restricts
Nyms to jdoe-xxx
Many problems fixed
A "try before you buy" version is available. It
expires 30 days after installation. John
Doe "Lite"| (Click here for alternate source) This
doesn't include VBRUN300.DLL, a rather large file that many people
already have
Download
John Doe "Heavy"| Alternate Source This does
include VBRUN300.DLL. If in doubt, this is the one for you.
OK, while that's coming over, you need Phil Zimmermans PGP(tm) (Note
V2.6 - PGP5 not yet supported - you can have both on your system)
as well. It's free and if you haven't got it already you can collect
a copy from these links
Find you haven't got VBRUN300.DLL after all? Get it here Poland|
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Switzerland|
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Canada
It needs to go in your \windows\system directory.
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