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QuickSilver Preparation and Installation Section
I. Send email messages anonymously
II. Send messages to newsgroups with anonymous mail2news messages
Purpose of this document: This document will attempt to explain through step
by step instructions how to set up the following programs that will anonymously
send emails and post news to news groups using the QuickSilver and Mixmaster
programs. These programs are excellent free clients, however, they can be
somewhat intimidating for many users to set up on their own.
QuickSilver can be used to anonymous send email messages and news
messages to news groups, but it does not have the capability of receiving mail or
news. QuickSilver is a completely independent program and is not connected to
the 'MesNews with OmniMix' programs or installation instructions.
Preparations:
Go to the link below and download the following program:
ftp.quicksilvermail.net/pub/quicksilver
(Click on 'QS1.2.7.exe' to download the QuickSilver program. Do not
download QuickSilver from any other site. The similarly named file that
has the '.sig' appended to its end is the signature file that can be used
to verify the '.exe' file. Verifying the file is beyond the scope of these setup
instructions.)
Installations:
Step 1: Install QuickSilver by double clicking on the 'QS1.2.7.exe'. While going
through the setup, you will be asked for your correct email address and
SMTP host. You can enter these without any problem (or you can enter
fake information). Finding your SMTP Host name will be covered later.
Step 2: You will download and install Mixmaster with the QuickSilver program.
Start QuickSilver and a window will pop up concerning downloading
Mixmaster. Click on the 'Get Mixmaster' button, click 'OK' on the next
window, choose the 'ftp.quicksilver.net/pub/quicksilver' link in the drop
down box, click the 'Next' button, click to highlight the line containing
'Mix29b39.zip', and then click 'Next' to download this Mixmaster file.
Next click the 'Run Setup' button, then click 'Next', change the path
where Mixmaster is to be installed if you so desire ['C:\Encryption\Mix'],
click 'Next', and finally click 'Install'. Mixmaster is now installed on your
computer and QuickSilver knows where to find it.
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The following instructions will show you how to set up:
QuickSilver Setup Section
QuickSilver Setup:
Step 1. Start the QuickSilver program. There are a few simple things that must
be set for QuickSilver to work properly.
Step 2. Click on the 'Tools' menu item and click the 'Remailers' menu item. You
are going to only use what is called the Mixmaster system so only the
'mlist.txt' and 'pubring.mix' check boxes need to be checked. The Vista
operating system will not write out the required information properly
unless the 'Error Check' check box is checked, so be sure it is checked.
(If for any reason you do not check the 'Error Check' check box, then the
'type2.txt' check box must be checked.)
Step 3. Next click on the 'URL Manager' button. Click through the first three
tabs, 'Mix List', 'Mix Keys', and 'Mix Type2', and replace the entries
with the entries shown below.
http://pinger.bananasplit.info/mlist.html
http://stats.melontraffickers.com/mlist.txt
http://pinger.bananasplit.info/pubring.mix
http://stats.melontraffickers.com/pubring.mix
http://pinger.bananasplit.info/type2.list
http://stats.melontraffickers.com/type2.list
After making the entries, click 'OK'.
Step 4. Next select the respective 'pinger.bananasplit.info' addresses in the
mlist.txt and pubring.mix drop down list if they are not already present.
Then click on the 'Update' button. You must be connected to the
internet when doing the update. You should then see the required
information being downloaded. [If the data does not download as it
should, then the bananasplit site could be experiencing problems.
In that case, go to the drop down boxes and select the melontraffickers
link locations.] Click 'OK' after the download ends to close out the
window and get back to the QuickSilver main interface.
Step 5. Now you need to do a test to see if you need to do Steps 6 and 7. The
test is to send a test email to yourself. Click on the the new message
button and then click the 'Message' menu item.
Step 6. A small window will be placed inside of the QuickSilver main interface
that is the mail window. Maximize this inner window for better viewing.
Replace the lines that come with QuickSilver with the lines displayed
below. Then modify the 'Host: ' line to your ISP's smtp address (see
'Step 8' below for more information on finding out what your ISP's smtp
address is). Note that there must be a space between the colon ': ' and
data entry of each parameter. Modify the 'From: ' line to your email
address, which will only be passed to your ISP and is required. Normally
you would put the email address of someone else in 'To: ', however,
since you are sending a test email to yourself, place your own email
address in the 'To: ' field. Now put in 'Subject: Test', and your email
message. Note that there is a space before and '~~' after your message.
Host: smtp.my-isp.net
From: my-email-address@my-isp.net
Chain: *,*,*; copies=3
To: my-email-address@my-isp.net
Subject: Test
Test message to myself.
~~
Now click the 'Send' button to see if the message will be sent. If the
message is sent, success! Go to Step 8. Otherwise, go on to Steps 7 and 8.
Step 7. (Skip Steps 7 and 8 if Step 6 worked.)
Click on the 'Tools' menu item and then click on the 'Smtp Authentication'
menu item. The host window should be empty. After setting up the
parameters, there should be an entry somewhat similar to the example
below.
Step 8. Next click on the 'New' button which will bring up the following window.
You may need to put in your Internet Service Provider's smtp address¹
in the 'Host:' box. If you do not know what the address is, you can
usually find it through your ISP's support web page concerning email
account/client setup. You might need to simply call them and ask what
the smtp address is. You may also need to put in your 'User Id:' and
'Password:'. Even if you are connect directly to a cable modem, you will
need to find out from your ISP what these are if you don't know them.
After making these entries, click the OK button.
Note: your 'User Id:' may be your short user ID (my-userid) or you might
have to use your long user ID (my-userid@my-isp.com).
(¹ You might try smtp.my.internet.provider as your 'Host:' parameter.
example: smtp.yahoo.com)
Further suggestions: Things can be different with different ISPs. If
you still can not send messages after filling out the information in the
above window, then try leaving out the 'User Id:' and 'Password:', leaving
the 'Host:' name intact. Go back to Step 5 and 6 and try sending again
after each of these modifications.
Step 9. Further QuickSilver instructions and examples:
QuickSilver must be updated at least once a day with current Pinger information.
You can do this manually by clicking through the menu items 'Tools' / 'Remailers'
and then click the 'Update' button. If you are not sending many emails, you can
check the 'Update' check box on the QuickSilver main interface and the program
will automatically update QuickSilver with the current Pinger information before
each message is sent.
To send an email, use the following format. The 'To: ' field is the address of the
recipient. Remember, there must be a space between the colon ': ' and the
parameters.
Host: smtp.my-isp.net
From: my-email-address@my-isp.net
Chain: *,*,*; copies=3
To: someone@their_isp.com
Subject: Email subject
Message goes here.
~~
To send a message to a news groups with QuickSilver, use the following format.
'Newsgroups: ' should be the newsgroup you are sending a message to. You
can specify multiple groups (although it is not a good practice) by placing a
comma between the news group addresses.
Host: smtp.my-isp.net
From: my-email-address@my-isp.net
Chain: *,*,*; copies=3
To: mail2news@bananasplit.info
Newsgroups: alt.privacy,alt.privacy.anon-server
Subject: Subject of my news message
Message goes here.
~~
To send a reply to a news message in a news groups with QuickSilver, use the
following format. You will have to find the 'Message ID:' line (it can be found in
the MesNews article header that is displayed above the article) and place it in
the 'References: ' line as shown below.
Example: Message ID: <c8c9fc1@u18g2000pro.googlegroups.com>
Host: smtp.my-isp.net
From: my-email-address@my-isp.net
Chain: *,*,*; copies=3
To: mail2news@bananasplit.info
Newsgroups: alt.privacy
References: <c8c9fc1@u18g2000pro.googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Same subject line that you are replying to
Message goes here.
~~
Note: 'Re: ' should be inserted into the 'Subject: ' line on replies to messages.
If you would like to keep a copy of the email and news messages you send, then
place the 'Fcc: Outbox' parameter above the 'Host: ' line. Note that QuickSilver
has been known to begin to malfunction if there are too many Fcc messages in
the database, so you will need to clean it out periodically. This may be a Vista
problem only. You can get to your mailboxes through the 'MailBox' menu item.
Fcc: Outbox
Host: smtp.my-isp.net
From: my-email-address@my-isp.net
Chain: *,*,*; copies=3
To: someone@their_isp.com
Subject: Test
Message goes here.
~~
If you would like to keep templates for emails and news messages, build your
template in a mail window and then save the template by clicking on the 'File' and
'Save as Template' menu items. To access your templates, click on the template
button.
Step 10. QuickSilver format instructions and examples to send messages using
Stunnel (see: 'QuickSilver and MesNews with Stunnel'). Notice that
'banana' must be the first remailer in the remailer chain.
Example for sending an anonymous email using QuickSilver with Stunnel:
Host: localhost:2525
From: anonymous@anonymous.com
Chain: banana,*,*
To: someone@their_isp.com
Subject: any subject you choose
any message here
~~
Example for sending an anonymous news message using QuickSilver with
Stunnel:
Host: localhost:2525
From: anonymous@anonymous.com
Chain: banana,*,*
To: mail2news@bananasplit.info
Newsgroups: the.newsgroup.you.want.to.send.a.message.to
Subject: any subject you choose
any message here
~~
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See help topic: Communicating Anonymously