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On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 05:33:59 +0200 (CEST), Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:

In article <20250720.141909.8e75c318@mixmin.net> D wrote:

(using Tor Browser 14.5.4)
https://danner-net.de/om.htm

...
Downloads
OmniMix 2.8.2
https://www.danner-net.de/om/OmniMix_2.8.2_Uno_Setup.exe >>(OmniMix_2.8.2_Uno_Setup.exe / 30.1 MB), installed . . .

(C:\Program Files (x86)\OmniMix / 167 MB / 405 Files, 38 Folders) >>(portable, no uninstall:\OmniMix / 124 MB / 312 Files, 27 Folders)

...

Thanks for the info!

Version History
https://www.danner-net.de/om/History.txt
...
2.7.1 Bugfix: Minor popup hint issues fixed.
Irrelevant Cypherpunk statistics file 'rlist.txt' no longer downloaded.
Tor updated to a still customized version 0.4.9.0-alpha-dev
(git-d07810a3c96b7c06).
2.7.2 Main and Nym Configurator window now centered on first start.
Nym server keys (nym.mixmin.net / nymph.paranoici.org) updated. >>>2.7.3 If not 80, the port number is now added to the TorFile link copied to the
clipboard.
TorPlus .onion links with an appended port number separated by a colon are
now accepted by the dedicated HTTP server.
2.7.4 Bugfix: Nym confirmation messages sent through the integrated Mailer >>> aborted with a 'List index (0) out of bounds' error.
Bugfix: At the 'Tor' > 'Data' tab SocksPort now formatted correctly. >>> Port default for direct remailer packet delivery changed from 25 to 2525.
More stringent header directives check with invalid arguments aborting
transfer.
Mail2News statistics listing replaced by mail exchange relays listing.
Remailer statistics source URLs and Anon SMTP Hosts list updated. >>>2.8.0 Connections with the integrated SMTP server now require login credentials.
New direct 'OrMail' Tor mail routing between OmniMix installations. >>> New Tor Hidden Service configurator that allows to create any number of
additional .onion ports.
Extended username syntax for SMTP connections added.
Expiring server demo certificate renewed (valid until 2035-01-01). >>> Hamster configuration extended including SMTP and POP3 server.
Ancient OpenSSL 0.9.6m binaries libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll supported by
Hamster added to its folder.
2.8.1 Bugfix: Error while parsing POP3 username with Extended Username Syntax
activated.
2.8.2 Bugfix: Direct packet delivery was blocked with an Anon SMTP host list
entry selected that requires a specific entry remailer.
All StateExt URL entries now retrievable from pulldown menus.
Number of Anon SMTP delivery retries increased from 5 to 9, where with 5+
retries the amount of packets is now distributed among multiple hosts.

| 13:50:55.820 0 SMTP State: Mail has been sent in 8 chunks - 5 direct, 3 joint to 3 hosts, 0 normal
^^^^^^^^^^
Very nice! Each of the 8 packets sent to a different SMTP server.

Deletion of the remailer packet pool before and after Mixmaster / YAMN
calls now controllable to allow offline creation and online injection.
Mixmaster and Yamn remailer packets whose filename starts with an 'm' >>> renamed immediately after creation to prevent deletion by Mixmaster
during further calls.

and this new omnimix feature of random distribution to selected relays (omnimix > anomails > anon) with random selection and number of passes
seems to work very smoothly (https://www.sec3.net/misc/mail-relays.txt
in omnimix > stateex > info, now w/"pulldown" menu) but i'm only using
some of those listed relays (probably safe to use any of them, as long
as they work reliably) because remailer chains e.g. * * * * * are safe
from prying eyes ... "eelbash", "gabx", "mini-", "tuta-", ad infinitum

as a casual user of anonymous remailers only for posting to newsgroups
and never for anything else, i've always used omnimix default "always" delete packets (omnimix > stateint > del > always) and never save them

quoting from omnimix' mouse-over tool tip:

Always<
Before<
After<
Never<

Deletion of the remailer packet pool before/after Mixmaster/Yamn calls.
The remailer pool directory ('mix\pool'), where Mixmaster and Yamn put newly
created packets, are routinely cleared before and after processing to avoid unauthorized access.
But keeping those files may be useful in high security settings where messages
composed on an isolated offline computer are there converted into encrypted remailer packets, which then, to be forwarded to the remailer network, can be
transferred to an online computer on a removable device.
At the offline computer select 'Never' and switch to Simulation Mode to avoid
unsuccessful sending attempts while creating remailer packets. Then move those
files to the online system's remailer pool folder, where you have to select 'After' instead of 'Always' to keep the injected files for delivery eg. with
the next processed (dummy) message.
Default: Always

more serious users of anonymous remailers could be using more advanced security precautions, e.g. the popular "tails" operating system, since
it's portable, may be useful in conjunction with previously/separately encrypted remailer packets etc., but who would require such discretion
unless . . .


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