Hello Alexander,

 LL>> Former Z1C Janis Kracht had mentioned that it was
 LL>> okay for sysops and moderators to exempt themselves
 LL>> from this policy, as they were free to use whatever
 LL>> name they wanted to go by.  But other participants
 LL>> and lurkers were not free to do so, as policy didn't
 LL>> cover them at all.  In which case they had to use
 LL>> their real name in order to participate, or even
 LL>> just to lurk without posting messages.

 ak> But how a person in Fidonet can prove that his name is real? IMHO, I
 ak> can't do it even if I wanted to. ;-)

Me neither.  Somebody gave me a name, without my knowledge or consent.
In some strange language I had no way of understanding.  What my real
name is I have no way of knowing, as I have long since forgotten.  So
I guess I am stuck with the one I've got.  From a stranger I had never
met.

--Lee

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