Re: New: dragen ballZ game cocell ()

From: Graham McDermott <graham@bankieboy.demon.co.uk>

Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 22:22:57 +0000

In message <b92m56$i81$1@eressea.uni-paderborn.de>, Enno Rehling
<enno@despammed.com> writes
>Greg Lindahl wrote:
>> I did read your reply -- it's just not memorable when 1 person out of
>> tens of thousands does something completely different. Adding a
>> comment in your .sig would prevent confusion.
>
>I do what proper netiquette requires: I give a valid email address in
>my postings that you can reach me at. You do, too, which is good. For
>everyone else who doesn't, and reads this: Using a fake email address
>is BAD.
>
>If you want to argue that, read the reasons for not using a fake email
>address here: http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/fake-email.html.
>And if you still don't agree, consider this:
>
>The German usenet hierarchy (de.*) requires you to use a valid email
>address. Their servers (which also carry the rec.* and alt.*
>hierarchies for millions of readers), as well as the swedish one that I
>am using, among others), seem to silently drop postings from people
>with obviously fake email addresses. If you want to be read, use a
>proper address.

I still dont necessarily agree - what next?

Using a fake email address is a reasonable way of avoiding spam used by
some users. I dont do it but it doesn't take too much to see despammed
addresses. The guy on your link who gets "angry" about it needs a chill
pill.

--
Graham McDermott

References

Re: New: dragen ballZ game cocell ()
Enno Rehling <enno@despammed.com>
Sun, 04 May 2003 09:22:50 +0000
New: dragen ballZ game cocell ()
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 01 May 2003 07:15:43 +0000
Re: New: dragen ballZ game cocell ()
Enno Rehling <enno@despammed.com>
Thu, 01 May 2003 07:55:22 +0000
Re: New: dragen ballZ game cocell ()
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Fri, 02 May 2003 07:23:51 +0000
Re: New: dragen ballZ game cocell ()
Enno Rehling <enno@despammed.com>
Sat, 03 May 2003 13:33:22 +0000
Re: New: dragen ballZ game cocell ()
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Sat, 03 May 2003 20:06:52 +0000