In addition, you will need to check for DNS leaks, since the e-mail
client will do a MX host lookup for each recipient's e-mail domain.

Elysius

On 11/15/13 02:18, Missouri Anglers wrote:
> I suppose the best way to test this is to send myself an email using "simple 
> Mail" and then run the headers through something like SPAMCOP.NET and see if 
> there is a trace of my ip address/ISP found.
> I am not really tech enough to go much beyond that.
> Is there something else I can do to test this?
> 
> 
> On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:22:47 -0600
> Joe Btfsplk <joebtfs...@gmx.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> On 11/14/2013 5:27 PM, Missouri Anglers wrote:
>>> Has the security of "Simple Mail" been discussed yet?
>>> If so, can someone tell me where I can find the past discussions?
>>>
>>> If not,   Simple Mail is a mail client add on for Firefox. It allows you to 
>>> get notified, read and write messages for multiple email accounts "inside" 
>>> Firefox. Does it maintain the privacy associated with the TOR Firefox 
>>> browser?
>> Maybe others have direct experience w/ it.  The general problem w/ many 
>> extensions, plugins, even clients - is they don't "follow the rules" of 
>> staying w/in the Tor network AND not revealing data that may leak your 
>> identity / location.
>> It's a case by case basis, but for Tor, most don't use extensions / 
>> plugins - for email - like you're talking.  They're not developed w/ 
>> extreme anonymity in mind.  Not that they don't work for general, non 
>> anonymous use.
>>
>> You want what everyone does - ultimate convenience & high anonymity.  
>> They rarely exist together.
>>
>> You can search the archives of Tor-talk for previous discussions.
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