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Re: Anonymity: A Modest Proposal
> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 16:01:00 -0400 (EDT)
> From: [email protected]
> Reply-to: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Anonymity: A Modest Proposal
> To: Doug Cutrell <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
>
>
> On Wed, 18 Oct 1995, Doug Cutrell wrote:
>
> > It seems that there could at least be a hierarchy of shadowed newsgroups,
> > e.g. alt.freespeech.*, requiring the enduser to use special software to
> > reassemble actual postings. This could even be integrated into the
> > newsreaders, or even at a local newserver level.
>
> There already is. I think the *.test (or at least alt.test) groups have
> good propagation. Nobody "reads" anything but their own posts anyway, so the
> natives wouldn't be bothered.
>
YIKES! Think again. Many of the *.test newsgroups have auto-responders
that remail the poster assuring them their post was received. This feature
is used to make sure your newsfeed is working.