"hummingbird" wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:49:02 -0000 'Ant'
> wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:
>
>>"hummingbird" wrote:
>>> These people only
>>> have to find one header in several posts that match, to declare they
>>> were posted by the same person.
>>
>>So what?
>
> Who are you?

I am anonymous.

> I was having a debate with Sebastian.

You posted to usenet where anyone can join in.

>>> Now, you and I may think that is
>>> ridiculous and is only trivial or circumstantial evidence, but on
>>> ACF it's more than enough for the dorks to declare proven guilt and
>>> to accuse that person of sockpuppeting or spoofing
>>
>>Who cares?
>
> Ditto. If you don't care, why bother posting at all?

Because I'd like you to explain what the problem is.

>>> to smear their name and discredit them.
>>
>>What tosh. Any regular poster keeps the same handle and is judged by
>>the articles they post, not by trolls.
>
> You obviously are a little naive about these matters.

Pleas explain, then.

>>I always post as "Ant" but you know nothing about me apart from the
>>ISP I use.
>
> You forgot these headers of yours which all help to ID you:
>
> X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com

I post through giganews, along with many others, one of the largest if
not *the* largest news provider.

> NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.189.16.24

24.16.189.80.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer 189.16.24.fdial.global.net.uk.

Belongs to Brightview who are the resellers of bandwidth that my ISP
uses. So, in fact, you don't even know my ISP.

> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200

An old version of OE. So what?

> Now what were you saying?

See above.