On 2019 Jul 27 11:48:20, you wrote to me:

 ak>>>>> But how a person in Fidonet can prove that his name is real? IMHO,
 ak>>>>> I 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 understand 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...

 AK> But it is a voluntary, unverified name. If nobody checks it, so the
 AK> rule is worthless.

there was a time when users were checked in some manner when they signed up for 
access to a BBS... i remember going through postal mail validating user 
accounts that had sent in copies of their IDs... then there were the BBS 
get-togethers which were breakfast at a local resturaunt or a BBQ/cookout at 
someone's house... folks were bringing their friends and getting them signed 
up...

but it really depends on the BBS, too... that and the period of time... today's 
world is a lot different from the one in the 80s and 90s...

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Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set 
them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
... For some reason the little weinerheads make us laugh.
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