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 <li>What kind of connectivity the new server will have.</li>
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-If possible, sign your mail using PGP.
+If possible, sign your mail using PGP.<br />
+Registering your server improves the anonymity of the network quite a bit.
+If you don't register your server default users will only use you for the 
+middle hop of their circuits.  
+If you are running a registered middleman server, clients will be willing to 
+choose your node as an entry node as well as a middleman. 
 <li>5. Subscribe to the <a href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/">or-announce</a>
 mailing list. It is very low volume, and it will keep you informed
 of new stable releases. You might also consider subscribing to <a