From: bert@iphouse.com 
  
 don-aitken@freeuk.com (Don Aitken) wrote in 
 news:on6oc1dft1k82eh8qlmm7vlkji5gk6jbpf@4ax.com: 
  
 > On 06 Jul 2005 15:15:07 GMT, Bert Hyman  wrote: 
 > 
 >>rappaportm@verizon.net (NANCY RIESS) wrote in 
 >>news:HpSye.34178$Cm6.10026@trndny02: 
 >> 
 >>> I want to avoid appearing on harvested junk e-mail lists. 
 >>> 
 >>> How does one post to a newsgroup to avoid this. 
 >>> 
 >>> Can someone explain anonymous posting, using a newsgroup alias? 
 >> 
 >>When you configure your "account" in your news reading software, 
 >>the information that you enter for your name, email address, etc. 
 >>is completely up to you. 
 >> 
 >>Of course, if you enter a phoney email address, nobody will ever be 
 >>able to reply to one of your posts, but that's probably not an 
 >>issue for most people. 
 >> 
 >>Also, when you choose a bogus address, make absolutely certain that 
 >>it's not actually a real address that just happens to belong to 
 >>someone else. 
 > 
 > And bear in mind that the requirements of news servers in this area 
 > vary. Some just don't care. Most (and some news *readers*) require 
 > something syntactically valid (ie something that *could* be an 
 > email address). And some require a real address that belongs to 
 > you, or which you have permission to use. 
  
 I guess I'm like Wernher von Braun in this respect; I only relate the 
 technical and practical details and leave the moral or ethical 
 implications to others :-) 
  
 -- 
 Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com 
  
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