Re: RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR NEWSGROUP

Chris Hind (bholat@earthlink.net)
Wed, 28 Aug 1996 11:08:32 -0700


At 16:45 8/28/96 -0700, you wrote:
>On Aug 28, 3:32am, Chris Hind wrote this (quoted with ">"):
>[SNIP]
>>
>> >You need to learn to use the anonymizer with a bit more
>> >skill.
>>
>> Personally I don't care. Why is it bad form? It only REALLY matters when I
>> post to other more contravercial newsgroups. Also I'm not sure by what you
>> mean about a bit more skill?
>
>If you're going to use an anonymizer, tell no one. Otherwise,
>you're not _at all_ anonymous. Note that alt.extropians is
>indexed by Alta Vista and DejaNews, and the Extropians list
>is indexed by Alta Vista and a number of other engines.
Oh shit, Oh well, I use a friend's email address anyways so he'll be dubbed
the zoolophilliac coprophile instead. :)

>
>If alt.extropians is not "controversial", then why did you
>post under a pseudonym there, but not here? This list is now
>almost as wide-open to the world as alt.extropians.
alt.extropians isn't really contravercial, I just don't want to keep
changing free agent between two different information sets depending on the
newsgroup. Do you know how much time that would take if I had to change my
email address, restart free agent and then access and post to a newsgroup?
Because at least with the 16bit version of Free Agent, when you alter a
setting, you need to restart free agent in order for the setting to take effect.