[tor-talk] Sending email from Tor browser

Chen Cecilia Zhang chenceciliazhang at gmail.com
Sat Jun 14 11:33:45 UTC 2014


and the strange thing is : I tried to test the email sending from Tor and
without Tor browser, and the IP address shows in the "original email" from
gmail are the same....

Will anyone help explain how come? thansks


On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 4:22 AM, Chen Cecilia Zhang <
chenceciliazhang at gmail.com> wrote:

> No software to compose email, as you mentioned, just normal email account
> such as yahoo.
>
> The reason i wonder is even the email was composed within tor browser, but
> the email was actually sent 1 month later, will that show the actual IP
> address?
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 3:04 AM, Sebastian G. <bastik.tor> <
> bastik.tor at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> grarpamp:
>> > On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 4:00 AM, Chen Cecilia Zhang
>> > <chenceciliazhang at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> If I draft an email and set the sending time as some time later, say 1
>> >> month later. Everything done by Tor web, 1 month later, if the email
>> has
>> >> been sent, the IP address would be anonymous or not?
>> >
>> > If everything you do is via 'Tor web' (whatever that means,
>> > say specifically via the tor client), then you will always
>> > appear as being behind some exit IP. (...)
>>
>> Unless there is a leak, for example in the software composing the email.
>> Well that shouldn't apply in the mentioned case, since it is a message
>> composed in the webmail interface of the TorBrowser.
>>
>> 'Always' has the attribution of something happening (or not) with an
>> expectational high certainty, at least for my understanding.
>>
>> > If it is important, you should always test safely first to be sure.
>>
>> Indeed.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sebastian G.
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