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Question

peekfreen

Aug 26, 2011 7:00PM PDT

How can you send files to an email address but hide your sending address

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Clarification Request
You want to send files to peakfreen?
Aug 26, 2011 7:26PM PDT

What is that?

Mark

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Answer
Re: sending files
Aug 27, 2011 12:36AM PDT

1. Open a new free account somewhere (say, at live.com).
2. Find a free WiFi somewhere.
3. Mail the files as an attachment.

Then all that the receiver possibly can find out is that is was sent by, say, xyz123@live.com from, say, a certain Starbucks in Los Angeles. That's as anonymous as you can get it.

Kees

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Sending large file outward only
Aug 27, 2011 5:58PM PDT

Hi Kees
Thanks for your response. I wish to send files (large ones), I am happy to use a pseudonym but do not wish to receive any replies i.e. outward bound only.

Not to peekfreen that is the sender.

Thanks

peekfreen

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Re: replies
Aug 27, 2011 11:22PM PDT

Well, you can simply not read the replies coming into that free e-mail address you made. But you can't deny anybody to send a mail to an email-adress once he knows that. And he knows that because it's the sender of the mail, shown in his e-mail program.

But, if you insist on it, you can find out how to use a fake sender address. That's called spoofing, and it needs some programming and access to an email server.

Kees