How to Send an Anonymous Email Message

By Heinz Tschabitscher, About.com Guide

• Open "mail.txt.asc" (the encrypted mail.txt file) in Notepad (or another plain text editor).
  • The file might also be called "mail.asc".
• Type "::" in the first line.
• Hit Enter.
• Type "Anon-To: " followed by the email address of the last remailer in your chain.
  • The next to last remailer needs to send the message to the last remailer. This is also the email address you have just encrypted the message for.
  • To continue my example message, I'd type "Anon-To: anon@paranoici.org".
• Leave one line blank.
• Type "::" and hit Enter.
• Type "Encrypted: PGP".
• Make sure there is another empty line before the encrypted message starts.
• Save the file as "mail.txt" again, overwriting the existing file.

• Choose at least two remailers
• Open a command prompt
• Type "gpg -ea -r [last remailer address] mail.txt"
• Open "mail.txt.asc" (the encrypted mail.txt file) in Notepad
• Back on the command line
• Open "mail.txt.asc" in Notepad (or another plain text editor) again
• Create a new plain text message in your email program or email service