B.8: Anonymous addresses
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This article is from the Digital Broadcast Satellites FAQ, by Brian Trosko btrosko@primenet.com with numerous contributions by others.
B.8: Anonymous addresses
Anonymous services should be used sparingly. Many people are automatically
suspicious of people who do not identify themselves or otherwise attempt
to conceal their identity. They will not respect what an anonymous poster
says, and may totally ignore all posts from anonymous addresses. In the
past some particularly obnoxious, rude, and loud people have posted from
anonymous remailers. Because of this, many people have killfiled all the
well-known anonymous services. Therefore, a significant number of people
won't even see posts from the anon servers. For these reasons, posting
through an anonymous remailer *will* reduce the number of people who read what
you're saying, and those who do read it might be likely to discount or
ignore it.
On a related matter, many people post with butchered From: or Reply-To:
lines. Whether this arises out of an attempt to dupe the various
mailing-list bots which scrounge the newsgroups for potential customers,
or out of simple ignorance, it is a substantial discourtesy to the
readers. Also, it prevents people from answering any questions
via email, so it is self-defeating as well. Just don't do it.
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