supposing i was to send the message from the address which i created. of course none of the account info links to me, but could the find me by my ip address?

Yes. Yahoo will have an access log, that log will include your IP when you sent the email. Your IP will be given to your ISP and they'll be told to produce your information. Even if your IP has changed, they'll look through their logs, see who had the IP at that time, and find you.

http://www.hushmail.com/

Yes. Yahoo will have an access log, that log will include your IP when you sent the email. Your IP will be given to your ISP and they'll be told to produce your information. Even if your IP has changed, they'll look through their logs, see who had the IP at that time, and find you.

I can't think of a better way to say this.

Also, I have heard reports of hushmail releasing records to some countries that it operates within. Better to use standard email, through proxies, and your own encryption with GPG.

supposing i was to send the message from the address which i created. of course none of the account info links to me, but could the find me by my ip address?

Pr0metheum is right:
http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/

Yahoo itself of is able to trace you to some extent depending on your ISPs privacy policy; i suggest you read it.

Determined attackers MIGHT be able to trace you.

I can't think of a better way to say this.

Also, I have heard reports of hushmail releasing records to some countries that it operates within. Better to use standard email, through proxies, and your own encryption with GPG.

Hushmail released private keys (needed for decrypting encrypted messages) to the Canadian government in a drug case. This was because the suspect trusted Hushmail to handle his private keys. Hushmail is fine as an email provider; I just wouldn't trust their Java apps or their server-side shit. Use Evolution, or Thunderbird and Enigmail, and GnuPG. Never trust what you can't control. This includes serverside software and non-free software.

Pr0metheum is right:
http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/

Yahoo itself of is able to trace you to some extent depending on your ISPs privacy policy; i suggest you read it.

Determined attackers MIGHT be able to trace you.

IRC nick != handle. And everything is always logged; for billing purposes if not for Bad Things.

I can think of a good way to say it:

You're on the internet- you can be traced.

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im not too worried about it, as long as its not incredibly easy for someone to do so. i dont think the party in question is going to put forth much effort to find out.

im not too worried about it, as long as its not incredibly easy for someone to do so. i dont think the party in question is going to put forth much effort to find out.

If you are only sending a mail, and don't need a mailbox.
Find an smtp server that doesn't ask for authentication and torify.

If you are only sending a mail, and don't need a mailbox.
Find an smtp server that doesn't ask for authentication and torify.

There are like one of them left, and they're all blocked by spam filters.

There are like one of them left, and they're all blocked by spam filters.

You would actually be surprised. A lot of people run SMTP servers, and don't even know they are doing it.

You would actually be surprised. A lot of people run SMTP servers, and don't even know they are doing it.

In that case I would be surprised. It wouldn't be difficult to set up a script to scan the internet for open smtp servers and then spam with them.

In that case I would be surprised. It wouldn't be difficult to set up a script to scan the internet for open smtp servers and then spam with them.

That's one of two techniques spammers use. They also run SMTP servers on their own machines and spam out from there, giving false identities or additional relay-for lines to servers when they send the messages.

That's why jesus invented wifi and poor wireless encryption. Next time you want to send pictures of your dick to your hot co-worker, drive to a random city and connect to a random wifi in a random suburb. While you're at it, download some child porno, copy it to a mobile media and get rid of your wireless NIC.

Jesus be praised!

That's why jesus invented wifi and poor wireless encryption. Next time you want to send pictures of your dick to your hot co-worker, drive to a random city and connect to a random wifi in a random suburb. While you're at it, download some child porno, copy it to a mobile media and get rid of your wireless NIC.

Jesus be praised!

Way to answer OP's question.

Way to answer OP's question.

His question was a stupid one. Of course stuff can be traced back to you, irrelevant of what public email service you're using. It just depends on how illegal the shit is he's doing. Unless his hot co-worker presses charges, he's safe.

Which isn't safe at all. An ex-colleague of mine got fired for photographing his dick and sending the pictures, through the company mail no less, to some hot chick in the office. He thought she'd be all over him. He got fired the same day she complained to her boss. Then she sued him for harassment and sexual assault. Now he's on probation, has a loan to pay her the damages, and has a restraining order, which sadly for him means he can't find a job close to his home anymore.

Don't mail pics of your dick.

OP is a dumbass if he thinks they can't find everything about his life out in a matter of seconds nowadays.