On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 10:07:39 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:

Interesting! I would have guessed that you're using Windows XP, which is
probably your intent.

X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3664

As previously explained, I have been on Usenet for decades where I post to
perhaps fifty threads in about as many newsgroups per day on average and,
where, for privacy reasons, my Usenet client randomizes all headers
automatically.

I don't even know what the headers will say since the randomization
algorithm only locks onto the newsgroups and thread title (aka subject
matter).

The only user-definable header which isn't random is the subject line and
where the body contains all that is necessary to know in order to answer
the question.

I'm not on Usenet for idle chatter, which I call the "coffee shop" Usenet
model, where it's actually important contextually who you are, since the
idle chatter conveys almost zero information otherwise.

I'm on Usenet to get (and give) answers to technical questions. Period.
I'm here to raise the overall tribal knowledge to a level that is above
what it was before I opened or posted to a thread.

There are crazies out there, as you well know (GG being one of them), so,
it's important to remain anonymous from them, but more importantly, from
aggregators who don't have the sophistication to delve into the body of the
thread.

I don't hide who I am in the body of the message (where I find it hilarious
that self-proclaimed super sleuths such as JR declare everyone else to be
me when they can't even notice the obvious in their face).

You can rest assured my technical conversation is always on point.
And that I will always be a good Usenet citizen by following the rules of
summarizing and testing and responding to all valid comments.

Where it gets dicey is when dealing with the trolls like nospam, who have
zero intention of contributing to the overall knowledge of Usenet. I
generally shut those common trolls down as soon as possible as they are a
detriment to the thread.

Did you notice I stayed out of the offshoot conversation about those common
trolls in this thread? That's because all the Usenet advice for dealing
with trolls is meant for the "coffee shop" model of Usenet, where I don't
use that model.

So I have to deal with common trolls like nospam in my own special way.