On 14 Dec 2005 19:39:34 -0000,
Anonymous-er
(hexst) wrote:
>"Koola Kube" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>>
>> "hexst" <Anonymous-> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> This person also uses the
>>> moniker Mrs.Smicker-Abacha, and very recently at that.
>>
>> What are you on, and can I have some?
>>
>> Mrs.Smicker-Abacha has only ever posted from a Newsguy account.
>> Remember Obiwan?
>>
>>
>
>Correct.
>
>And ANYONE can subscribe to a Newsguy account.
>
>But it's the other information in the headers in SOME of the posts that
>allows this to be narrowed down to a specific ISP and a location.
>
>Note that I said 'sometimes the relevant information has been stripped by
>the newserver carrier or news client software, so it is unclear if this
>person is sending the current version of the FAQ everytime, or is
>responsible for all or the most recent instances of them.' It cannot be
>said that every instance of Mrs.Smicker-Abacha is the same person or that
>the posts are being sent from the same location.
>
>I also pointed out the FAQ has appeared in different versions/revisions
>and it is without question that the same IP address was used to post
>several instances of this within a short space of time and that same IP
>address also used Mrs.Smicker-Abacha in the 'Author' field on other posts.
>
>The information I gave fitted in with the information Turtill already has.
>That it made sense to him suggests that it is correct or at least
>substantiates what he already knows.
>
>
>Hexstatic
I am very grateful to you for your help and expertise. I was going to
leave the subject now I realise what is happening but to you I will
always owe an answer. The link to Wigan confirmed their were two
posters and that was where I was totally flumoxed. I now realise that
after having my own name and address used by one of these posters they
obviously could also use each name whenever they wanted, hence the
different style of posting sometimes noticed by others more astute
than me. The clincher was the bit that showed a VoIP connection. I
didn't know what it was and only learned that from a private e-mail
which also identified the ISP. I am content that I know just what has
been happening now thanks to the expertise of others on usenet and
this little escapade has taught me a valuable lesson. I will never be
confrontational on usenet again nor will I reply to confrontational
posters.
pete
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