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Hacktic remailer shutdown

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NODE ae5f4f2dHacktic remailer shutdown Jeff Simmons <jsimmons@goblin.punk.net>Sat, 11 May 1996 13:53:42 +0800

Is there any information available on why the Hacktic remailer was shut
down?

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NODE ea7d229fRe: Hacktic remailer shutdown Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>Sat, 11 May 1996 19:28:51 +0800

On Fri, 10 May 1996, Jeff Simmons wrote:

> Is there any information available on why the Hacktic remailer was shut
> down?

Church of Scientology. Someone posted too many Secret Scriptures, it
seems. The details, nobody has shared. Conspiracy theories, galore, but I
have faith in their judgement and commitment to free speech and anonymity.
I'm sure it was a tough decision.

Btw, I don't believe it has shut down yet. Rather, the operators announced
that due to "recent events," there would be a planned shutdown on May
20th. 

I *would* like to know if the mail2news gateway is going down in addition
to the remailer. I'm assuming that it is. 

-rich