On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 19:42:56 +0100, JCW wrote in


The point that was being made, intially, was that the headers of your post
were not being changed by an individual however the fact that usenet made it
appear so! (If I am wrong about this then I totally apologise for that
interpretation.) The fact that Mike tried to explain this seems lost
because, in my opinion, you perceived his post to be a deliberate(?) attempt
to make public your IP address and the possibility you felt his advice
patronising? Of course, I'm not a mind reader and can't read your thoughts
or intent but then neither are you and until, or if, Mike replies we are
only second-guessing the intent behind a few lines of text... I think you'd
agree that trying to do so is probably all, too commonly, a dangerous
mistake to make?

Thanks for your post Joe and you are correct. I was trying to explain why
the headers were as they were when a newsreader is used to reply. Only when
someone deliberately changes the subject, do other posts in that part of
the thread take on the new subject. Other unrelated posts retain the
original subject as in the subject line.

I was also attempting to show, using the NNTP posting-host line, that there
is a good deal more to a Usenet post than at first appears. Even a one
line post will have between 15 and 20 extra lines in it, including the
email address we use. All newsreaders can show these "headers" but Google
doesn't - I think. By posting to Usenet, we reveal several things that
some may think are confidential.

BTW and OT - my daughter was married Monday of last week. If you still have
my website URL there are photos the-)

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Mike Tullett - Coleraine 55.13°N 6.69°W posted 05/06/2008 21:55:56 GMT