Steps on Posting Anonymously to Newsgroups Using Private
Idaho's Nym Menu Using an Email Gateway
Last Updated on Aug. 2, 1997
The process described below will not give you instant gratification. It
normally takes 48 hours before you will see your Message Posted to the
newsgroup(s) that you selected.
I personally like the steps outlined in Newsnym4.faq for
posting to newsgroups using one's nym account. Try both ways and determine
which one is most preferable to you.
- You must have your Nym account setup already with nym.alias.net. If you
have not done this yet, please read Nymnew2.faq
- Select Clear All from the Edit Menu
- Select Auto-close PGP from the PGP menu.
- Select Remailers from the Menu and then select Advanced Cypherpunk. Finally
select Encrypt to Remailer(s)
- Select a newsgroup from the drop down list or type in a newsgroup in the
"To:" box. Please note, to add names to the drop down list, select, FILE |
Address Book. Your changes will be recognize immediately by Private Idaho.
- Select alt.anonymous.messages or whatever newsgroup that you want to post
your message
- Select Newsgroups and then Email gateway. Select one of the gateways
from the list. I recommend @myriad.alias.net.
- Type in a subject in the Subject field.
- This is a most important step to ensure that your message has a
CHANCE of arriving at its destination.
- If you do not select an email gateway your message will have NO
CHANCE of arriving at its destination.
- Type your message in the message window. For example, "This is a test
message sent via Private Idaho".
- Select Prepare Nym Message from the Nym menu and select your
anonymous name that ends with config@nym.alias.net.
- Several things have happened and your message window should look like this:
- From: bozo
- To: alt.anonymous.messages@myriad.alias.net
- Subject: Test Message
- This is a test message sent via Private Idaho. (This is your Message. Type
in whatever your message should say.)
- (Optional) Replying to a Previous Post
- Most newsgroup readers, including Agent have an option to list the header
section of each received post. In Agent this is accomplished by typing the
letter "h" in any Agent window. Please note, that Free Agent does not
have this option. Make a note of the Reference or Message-ID number. For
example: Message-ID: <199308110801.AAA09833@infinity.c2.org>. It is this
number that should be included next to a Reference section. So the format is as
follows:
- From: bozo
- To: alt.anonymous.messages@myriad.alias.net
- Subject: Test Message
- References: <199308110801.AAA09833@infinity.c2.org>
- You will need to type in your anonymous password when Private Idaho shells
to a PGP DOS session. Remember this is the password (whatajoke) that you
JUST created using Private Idaho, NOT the password you use to
decrypt your private messages that have been ecrypted with your PUBLIC
KEY. So in the example above, I would type in "whatajoke", without
the quotes.
- Your message should be encrypted within the message window. If it is not,
go back to number 2 above and start over.
- You may now select a remailer from the remailer list. I would recommend
that you select the same remailer. that you used when you created your
Nym Account. In this case select remailer@replay.com from the remailer
list.
- Select Append Info to Message from the Message menu. Your message will be
encrypted with the Public key of remailer@replay.com.
- Now the only thing that's left to do is to post the message. This is done
via the Send button. If you are online, press the Send button. If you
are not online, select Connect from the File menu and subsequent to
connecting, select the Send button.
- That's it. Now you'll have to be patient and wait for your message to be
posted with your anonymous name.
For instructions on how to send anonymous posts to newsgroups via a
MAIL2NEWS GATEWAY read Newsnym3.faq
For instructions on how to send Anonymous Email using Private
Idaho's Nym Funtion, read Mailnym2.faq.
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