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  Msg # 362 of 4021 on ZZNE4432, Sunday 5-13-23, 4:46  
  From: JON ERICSON  
  To: BLACK DRAGON  
  Subj: Re: Good newsreader programs with header  
 From: Jon.Ericson@jpl.nasa.gov 
  
 Black Dragon  writes: 
  
 > Jon Ericson wrote: 
 > 
 >> Black Dragon  writes: 
 > 
 >>> By insisting that I'm using a forged From: header, you're telling 
 >>> me I'm a forger. I'm not a forger by any definition, including the 
 >>> one from m-w.com I posted elsewhere in this thread with the 
 >>> Message-ID: . 
 > 
 >> Sadly, that message has expired on my news server and (for obvious 
 >> reasons) doesn't appear on Google either. 
 > 
 > news.readfreenews.net:120 has about 180 days retention. 
  
 How is this, in any way, relevant? 
  
 >> I find it annoying that you have cut off the possibility of 
 >> *private* communication. 
 > 
 > You could simply ask I email you if you wish private 
 > communication. Do keep in mind that I'm not obligated to respond to 
 > such requests though, I'm a believer that discussions which are 
 > started on the Usenet should stay on the Usenet. 
  
 So private communication isn't an option for you. 
  
 >> This sort of "discussion" is rarely of interest to anyone but the 
 >> people involved. 
 > 
 > Indeed. As is most discussion. 
  
 Perhaps.  Public discussions, however, are expected to be of public 
 interest. 
  
 You can't really take the high moral ground if you clothe yourself 
 with anonymity.  Are you a forger?  I don't know anything about you, 
 so it's entirely possible. 
  
 Jon 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
  * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) 

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