Author: Marc Plum
Date: 16:12:53 06/07/99
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I completely disagree with this, and I am one who posts under his own name. If someone is being a troublemaker, it is easy enough to ban him, even if you only know him as fakename@freemail.com. Yes, it's extra work, because such a person may have many different free accounts, but at worst a few unpleasant messages slip through. You can also write to the abuse addresses for these providers. I did this a while ago when I started getting spam from some hotmail accounts. A friend of mine at work doesn't have a computer of his own, but does some web surfing from work during lunch. He doesn't rate his own company Email address, so his only Email is a free Excite account. He's not interested in chess, but if he were, why shouldn't he join with that address? I have a couple of rarely used free accounts myself, and do not believe that I have ever abused them. I think that most of the people with these accounts behave no worse than anyone else. It doesn't bother me that a few people occasionally make trouble here, since the moderators can always ban them if they become too obstreperous. Marc Plum
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