But technical issues may make anonymousmailings difficult, said Robert J. Klein '98, whoanalyzed a draft of the report for feasibilityconcerns.

Harvard would have to write complex programs toenable students to send mailings that leave norecord of who sent them, according to Klein.

"It would be technically difficult to do that,"he said.

But Yalen said if technical difficulties can beovercome, the option of anonymity would bebeneficial.

"There are many situations where students couldjustifiably want to keep their identityanonymous," Yalen said.

As an example, he said closet homosexuals maywant to contribute to a newsgroup discussion onsexuality without revealing their identity