XPost: news.groups 
 From: bbqnate@fbcom.net 
  
 >> 
 >> My posts all show up on the news.killfile.org, as I expected. 
 > 
 > They show up here too. 
 > 
 > Propagation of news.groups.proposals is rather poor (something like 
 > 60% to 65% of news servers), so if the path between servers includes 
 > one that doesn't carry the poorly propagated group, the chances are 
 > that the post will be lost. 
 > 
 > You might do better to express your views in news.groups, which is 
 > widely propagated. Members of the so-called Big-8 Management Board 
 > read and post to news.groups, so your opinion will be noted by them if 
 > you post it here. 
 > 
 >> AS a side note news.netins.net does not require a login/password from 
 >> me. I asked a rep at my ISP about that and he verified it is an open 
 >> server. I just thought it was really odd for an ISP to allow anyone to 
 >> join. I requested he add news.groups.proposals and he did that. Anyway 
 >> it has nothing to do with my question, I just thought it was strange. 
 > 
 > As Aratzio has pointed out, your ISP uses your IP address to check that 
 > you're one of their customers. Most ISPs who provide Usenet don't 
 > require authentication from their customers. 
 > 
 > (Actually, it may be more complicated than that; the ISP may also 
 > check the TTL field (I certainly would), but don't worry about it.) 
  
 I see. Well thank you both for the information. 
  
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