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Re: Pasting in From:
[email protected] (Anonymous) wrote:
> > From: Andy Dustman <[email protected]>
> > Newsgroups: alt.privacy.anon-server
> > Subject: Pasting in From:
> > Date: Sunday, November 30, 1997 8:03 PM
>
> [ ... ]
>
> > So, I propose a compromise: What if I enable pasting of From:, but if a
> > From: header is pasted in, a short disclaimer is added to the beginning
> of
> > the body of the message. Would that mess anyone up? I think this would be
> > sufficient to avoid most problems with "forging".
>
> What are the advantages of pasting a From: above pasting a Reply-To: ?
For one thing, many newsreaders list messages by From: and Subject:
line. By putting in a distinctive From: line, your posts will be
identifiable without readers having to download and read each message
body.
By pasting in a From: header, an anonymous poster can thus make his
posts recognizeable. Pasting in a Reply-To doesn't accomplish the
same thing. In essence, pasting enables one to adopt a
non-replyable pseudonym. Why burden the 'nym servers if the poster
doesn't want e-mail replies to his posts?
The alternative suggestion of posting from a replyable 'nym address
does not really address the issue. If one wants to post with a
From: address of "[email protected]", why should a remailer
make that any more difficult than doing it from a non-anonymous ISP?
(If "jolly ol' St. Nick" is worried about his e-mail address being
forged, he can always request source blocking.)