Hi Mark,

The name means nothing, being able to trace it back to the person who wrote it
does, in Fidonet tracing it back to the source can be done, so wether the name
 is real or not is mute.

Terry Roati - 3:640/1321


On Jul 25, 2019 02:18pm, mark lewis wrote to alexander koryagin:


 ml>  On 2019 Jul 25 20:35:28, you wrote to Tommi Koivula:

 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.

 TK>>> You dont have to prove it, it is enough that you tell us so.

 ak>> I don't undestand why they invented a worthless rule.

 ml> it wasn't and still isn't worthless... it is a safety thing... if
 ml> someone posts something illegal, there's a known entity to look at
 ml> since their name is on the post...

 ml> )\/(ark

 ml> Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this
 ml> would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to
 ml> enslave them. ... An army marches on its stomach. - Napolean
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