On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 07:50:31 -0500, (gu)stav <no@hushmail.rightnow>
wrote:
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>>> On 2009-02-07 17:24:54 -0500, Someone <Someone@e.mail> said:
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>> passwords are stupid. they serve no purpose but to piss people off.
>
>There are two points to be made about this, and you've made one of
>them. (I'd put it a little differently -- I'd say passwords cause
>people inconvenience. And they may prevent some people from seeing the
>post. Which is probably the point.)
>
>Point two is that you have to respect posters. Especially a poster
>like UVRae who has almost single-handedly kept this group active for
>quite some time now. If UVRae chooses to protect ONE post out of many
>with a password, then I would not question his judgment.
Sorry, I don't agree. This is a PUBLIC forum.
If you want to send something to someone on a private level, pick an
empty group and post it, or send it by email.
Passwords in Usenet, is just plain stupid. Making people 'look' for
clues, is even worse.
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