Remailer ping test

[M. Stirner]

 * Reply to msg originally in CYPHERPUNKS

 Uu> I tried pinging all the remailers on the latest copy I have of
 Uu> Karl's remailer list (except extropia, which I know only accepts
 Uu> encrypted messages).  I sent to each:

 Uu> ::
 Uu> Request-Remailing-To: hfinney at shell.portal.com

 Uu> then a short test message.

 Uu> I only heard back from 8 of them, to wit:

 Uu> hfinney at shell.portal.com  Sun Jun 27 08:48:08 1993
 Uu> hh at soda.berkeley.edu  Sun Jun 27 08:48:15 1993
 Uu> remail at tamsun.tamu.edu  Sun Jun 27 08:48:38 1993
 Uu> nowhere at bsu-cs.bsu.edu  Sun Jun 27 08:48:43 1993
 Uu> phantom at u.washington.edu  Sun Jun 27 08:48:40 1993
 Uu> elee7h5 at rosebud.ee.uh.edu  Sun Jun 27 08:48:56 1993
 Uu> hal at alumni.cco.caltech.edu  Sun Jun 27 08:48:59 1993
 Uu> dis.org!remailer at merde.dis.org  Sun Jun 27 09:17:24 1993

I have had problems with getting the same test routed through hh at soda
and phantom at u.washington.  I have not tried dis.org! yet.

Uu> I did not hear back from the following remailers.  Perhaps their
Uu> operators could check on them, or notify Karl if they are no longer
Uu> operating.
Uu> 1: hh at pmantis.berkeley.edu
Uu> 2: hh at cicada.berkeley.edu
Uu> 6: remail at tamaix.tamu.edu
Uu> 7: ebrandt at jarthur.claremont.edu
Uu> 9: remailer at rebma.mn.org
Uu>14: 00x at uclink.berkeley.edu

#6 has worked for me.  The others have not, though the hh at _berkeley
remailers will sometimes work if the message is first bounced through
another reliable remailer.  Why this should be, I know not.

Sending the PGP-encrypted message & header to remail at extropia.wimsey.com
seems to work very well for losing those stupid footer IDs, & is usually
my first leg of multiple-bounce test transmissions.

BTW, I note that hal at alumni.caltech.edu has a different address in the
first batch of successful remailers.  The address hal at alumni.caltech.edu
has worked well.

 Uu> Hal
 Uu> hfinney at shell.portal.com

Thanks for your efforts!
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