How to send anonymous email

If you search Google for "Anonymous messaging" or "Anonymous Email" you will uncover a myriad of sites claiming everything from TOTAL anonymity to veritable inter-dimensional email capabilities making it appear your email originated from another planet or at the very least- somewhere beside your computer terminal. This article is not going to cover the merits and disadvantage of each site and method. Instead, we are going to focus on what we know "works".

Most people really don't care about whether or not email or messages can be traced back to them. They just want to be able to send a quick, simple, easy and safe anonymous message without identifying themselves. Obvious applications are a quick note to a friend (constructive criticism), workplace concerns, tip to the media, etc. I cannot tell you how many times I have listened to my friend complain about how she disagrees with the bylaws of their condo association but sits on the board and does not want to create "static". I keep telling her- send them all an anonymous message and play dumb.

Anonymous messaging has endless applications- if people knew how simple it was, everyone would be coming forward with their concerns and actual real-life problems that are normally ignored would be exposed, discussed and ideally resolved.

The purest form of anonymous messaging is the ability to pass a message to another entity without that entity knowing where the message came from. This function is easily fulfilled at SilentSender.com . Acting a a disinterested third party, Silent Sender simply plays "operator" between sender and recipient. No "re-mailers" or complicated security exploits. The service doesn't attempt to mask or muddle the source of the original message. Instead, Silent Sender acts like an old fashioned bulletin board system.

Did he just say bulletin board system? Yes, I did. Probably a lot of readers don't recall pre-internet BBS's and their associated message bases. But essentially, you could write a message (or email), the site would retain the message and a participating user would have to come to the site to pick-up the message. Silent Sender functions in a similar fashion.

Sounds interesting eh? Well it is- because it means you don't actually have to send anyone any emails to get your anonymous message to the recipient.

Finally- let's get to the goodies. You want to send an anonymous message but you still haven't figured our how to work the VCR and TIVO is about as incomprehensible to you as your 15 year-old daughters emotional state. If you know how to turn on the computer and open your internet browser you just did about 50 percent of the work. Type www.silentsender.com into your address bar and hit enter. You will be presented with the ability to enter you recipients email address and a short 160 character message. Agree to the Terms of Service and enter the anti-SPAM code (and no- Silent Sender does not have anything against SPAM as long as you can cook it, fry it, bake it and make it into a sandwich). Hit "Send" and you are done.

That's it. Did you miss it? It was that easy. A notification email will be sent to the recipient with a unique tracking code. The recipient will be able to click on a link in their notification email that will bring them back to Silent Sender where their tracking code will grant them access to their secure message. It will be revealed to them in a window on the website. They will have no clue who it came from. Once it is read- it will be permanently deleted from Silent Sender's server.

Now that you know who simple it is- can you really sit there impotent- knowing what you know. with the ability to convey the information safely, privately and anonymously? Go Silent! The Truth Will Set You Free...