From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!cbosgd!mark Newsgroups: net.news Title: Re: notes and anonymity - (nf) Article-I.D.: cbosgd.2592 Posted: Sun Sep 5 22:22:37 1982 Received: Mon Sep 6 02:20:41 1982 References: pur-ee.520 There are a few legitimate cases where a message should be anonymous. For example, the newsgroup net.rumor is probably one for which an anonymous article should be allowed. If a newsgroup ever started up for personal advice (Dear Abby or whatever - I understand such groups exist on Notes at Illinois) it would be important. Perhaps anonymous articles should be accepted only in certain newsgroups? (With validation techniques, it should be possible to decide reliably whether the claimed author for the article is legit.) Mark