[I was wondering if there was any possibility that something like e-mail would be possible over the Gnet especially considering the mplications of snooping software like carnivore. :)]

Hallo:

I think this would be VERY difficult for the following reasons:

1. The recipient would not be online all the time.
2. Very difficult to identify the proper recipient
3. Most IPs are dynamic and will change every log-in
4. As software like carnivore (and, needless to say, our european equvalent) will monitor backbone traffic, nothing would be helped.

So I suggest you to use some kind of hard ciphering; eg. PGP (but use an european version, I heard the US version has a 'backdoor', this is an unconfirmed rumour, though. Believe it or not, as you want :), or better GnuPGP. Do a search for yourself, if you want I can mention you some sites for further reading.

I think this is the easiest way for truly private mail.

Greetings....