My remailer will deliver postings which contain a valid hashcash token directly to usenet.
The maximum message size that will be delivered to usenet is 30kb,
messages exceeding this size limit are silently dropped.
To get your posting posted directly you must provide a hashcash token.
See the Hashcash Homepage for more info.

The token has to be minted (created) to the following requirements:

Bits: 27
Resource: panta-rhei
Validity: 60 days

Minting one token will take approx. 2 min on a P3 600. You will need one token for each posting.

You mint the token (a sequence of characters) with the program, and include it in your posting as a header:

From: whoever
References: whatever
X-Hashcash: 0:03091422:panta-rhei:0d13dc41b034506f

If you do not provide a token the Panta Rhei remailer will pass your posting on to a randomly selected remailer.
Posts to alt.anonymous.messages and alt.test do NOT need a token, so it is possible to use panta-rhei as exit remailer for your nym replyblock !
I was forced to introduce this measure because the posting service was abused.

You can download a windows client to mint hashcash tokens here in the downloads area.
My hashcash GUI will minimize to the system tray and mint in the background.
It has presets for panta, banana and dizum gateways.

In the downloads area you will also find my JBN2 mod which automates the hashcash process.
If you use it you do not have to worry about the tokens at all.
Additionally it minimizes to the systray, allows SMTP authentication and solves problems with keyring downloads.
Downloads area

Any problems, contact me !
Cheers,
panta-admin
admin at panta-rhei.eu.org