Tor and Thunderbird: Outgoing Email Unsafe?
Michael Holstein
michael.holstein at csuohio.edu
Tue Jan 2 13:54:42 UTC 2007
Most exit nodes disallow port 25 (smtp) because NOT doing so would make
TOR a spammer's paradise. If you know a relay-server that runs smtps or
uses an alternate smtp port, use that.
Cheers,
Michael Holstein CISSP GCIA
Cleveland State University.
Job wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just got Tor to be safer online and used the Tor-button to
> automatically confugure Firefox and Thunderbird for Tor.
> In Thunderbird however I have to exclude the server I use to SEND emails
> from being handled by Tor.
>
> Maybe I am wrong but doesnt this defeat the whole purpose of Tor? Cause
> if my outgoing email is not handled by Tor the receives can still see my
> IP and all the other data and so can easely identify me.
> The most essential thing is to have the outgoing emails handeled by Tor
> so the receiver can see my private information right?
>
> How do I set thunderbird in such a waythat the receiver of my emails
> wont be able to trace me or see my private info(IP etc etc)?
>
>
>
>
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