>From: benny@rbnwcz.net (Benny) >On Mon, 09 Sep 2002 16:56:06 -0700, Ted <badaboom@sysmatrix.net> >wrote: >>Hi Ruth, >>This newsgroup has been decimated by phonies and frauds for years. >>One individual in particular comes to mind. He has so many aliases >>that I am unable to keep up with all of them. He even goes so far as >>to post questions under an assumed name and then answers himself using >>one of his more popular assumed names. Take a lesson or two in >>reading message headers and you will soon learn his devious ways. And >>don't be fooled by messages that have their roots in foreign >>countries. He knows how to work that scam to death. I have posted >>this information in this newsgroup many times in the past. I don't >>really like to converse with someone who hides behind a cloak of >>deception. And I am sure others feel the same way. He's chased a lot >>of valuable posters away from this newsgroup, including some very >>knowledgeable posters from the "old country". >>Regards, > >Let's see. I openly oppose advertising on this news group (a subject I >feel very strongly about); I attempt to explain the very real and >important differences between a mailing list and a newsgroup, a >concept which few of you seem interested in eventhough your all >involved with those differences; I explain why it's not only dumb but >why nobody is obliged to use a real address in their posts. > "Benny," I'm well aware of the meaning of usenet, and really don't care what you call yourself. However, I do think it would be within usenet etiquette to maintain an identity on a group. And if you have done that, then Shirley has it all over you as a contributor. And I still hold that Shirley has given much more to this group than she's taken. You're outnumbered. Give it a rest. Jo Ann