Subj : Re: Zoom anyone?
To   : mark lewis
From : Dennisk
Date : Mon May 04 2020 11:14 am

-=> mark lewis wrote to Borax Man <=-

 ml>   Re: Re: Zoom anyone?
 ml>   By: Borax Man to mark lewis on Sat May 02 2020 21:44:53


 ML> please sign your messages with your real name if your software
 ML> cannot put it in the From line... thank you...

 ML> fidonet INTERNET echo moderator

 BM> I didn't realise that was a requirement, that one not use a
 BM> pseudonym.

 ml> yeah, most fidonet echos require/desire/request real names...

 BM> It is done automatically by the BBS. I'll see if I can change that.

 ml> generally speaking, BBSes have a sysop maintained configuration setting
 ml> for each message area whether to use the alias or the real name of the
 ml> poster... this doesn't really work if the user signed up and used just
 ml> an alias or used an alias and a "fake name"... it is what it is, in
 ml> this day and time, though... easiest to just sign the post with your
 ml> real name ;)

 BM> Dennis Katsonis

 ml> thanks, dennis... it is nice to meet you :)


 ml> )\/(ark
 ml> --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux
 ml>  * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12)

Using MultiMail reader I can change the name, so I have a solution.  The BBS I
use seems to user the alias/sign in name, instead of the real name.

I'm just used to the Internet, where I try to avoid using my real name for
privacy reasons.  Although I have nothing to hide, the fact that other
organisations can build a profile from seemingly innocent things is worrying. 
Facebook I found had already built a profile of me and knew who I had
contacted, even though I had no account created with them!!

.... MultiMail, the new multi-platform, multi-format offline reader!
--- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
 * Origin: Mind's Eye BBS - mindseye.ddns.net - Australia (3:633/416)

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