Subj : Re: "Packet Type 2 Compatible Formats" (Ex FSP-1040)
To : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Dan Clough
Date : Sat Feb 13 2021 09:20 am
-=> Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Dan Clough <=-
BF>> Oli, is that all you have on the first line when you receive a
BF>> letter from the postman? I think not, so why here on Fidonet?
DC> Perhaps he's afraid for anyone to know his real name?
WvV> "Oli" are the first letters of his first name. So it's not
WvV> exactly an alias. And when you have the Z2PNT list installed in
WvV> Golded, you just have to press F10, when you have one of his
WvV> messages open to find out his real name. So he isn't really
WvV> posting anonymous, or trying to hide anything...
Perhaps all true, but not really the point.
What if one is NOT using Golded with that point list installed, like all
of the people in Zone 1, for example?
Most Fidonet echos "require" a real name. Does this one? If so, why is
he being allowed to post here with that name?
