On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:19:46 -0700, in rec.crafts.jewelry o hai
wrote:

In rec.crafts.jewelry on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:54:19 -0700 we were all
dun see'd a message from which dun
sed:

For those new to this group...snip

And don't forget flaming by poasters with too many email addresses &
nics...

Flaming is indeed prohibited by the group charter rules. Multiple emails, or
nicknames, or identities, or just plain anonymous posters, is not mentioned or
regulated. For one thing, I can't spend the time trying to track down every
poster to the group's real identity. Sometimes it cannot be done without
cooperation from the posters ISP, and newsgroup moderators like myself are just
private citizens, not privy to such info. So enjoy all the identities you wish.

However, a number of the long time participants in this group, including some
who've been traditionally most helpful to those with questions, are annoyed by
posts that give no clue as to whom the poster is, or give no valid way to reach
a poster in email. So if you ask a question or make a comment, and expect some
response, you'll have better results if your post includes some means by which a
respondant can reach you via direct email if they wish.

Many newsgroup posters avoid using their actual email address in public messages
like this, in order to avoid having their email address harvested by spammers.
But the spammers doing this use simple means, and they're easy to avoid. Email
addresses can be shown with changes that are obvious and easy to correct by a
human reader, but which foil the spam bot programs. Just adding the word
"REMOVE" to the end of either one's name or in the middle of the domain of your
email address makes it not work, but any human will know to edit it. Or use a
fake email in the headers, but spell it out in words or spaced out syntax, or
something like that, in the body of the message, again so that someone who
wishes to, can reach you in email. Or just get a free throwaway email address
with GMail or Yahoo mail, or another such, and when it starts to get too much
spam, cancel it and get another. Remember that not all replies may be really
appropriate or suited for a public post to the whole newsgroup, so email replies
are sometimes of considerable use.

cheers

Peter Rowe
moderator
rec.crafts.jewelry