N. Miller wrote:
On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 10:36:33 -0400, C Wilder wrote:

"mikey" wrote in message
...

you appear to be using COMCAST for your isp.
so what's wrong with the news server comcast provides giganews I
believe it is.


Sometimes I enjoy the privacy of non-Comcrap subscribers. Being
able to use proxy
servers to maintain anonymous posting. I have one particular stalker
that enjoys following
me around and posting crap forging my Nym. I also like to shield my
wife from attacks
when freak boy tracks my IP. Usenet bullies that don't leave the
house all day are
shut-ins for a reason. Comcrap apparently does not allow privacy in
that respect.

The revelation of your posting IP address is a matter of server
policy. The Giganews server decides whether, or not, to include your
posting IP address. I am using 'msnews.microsoft.com' to post this;
the policy is to include my posting IP address in my headers. I
*could* use 'news.sf.sbcglobal.net' to post this; their policy, also,
is to include my posting IP address in headers. Aside from the
ethically challenged use of open proxies, I believe one service which
does not include the posting IP address of its subscribers is
Supernews.

Comcast can't control the exposure of your IP address, whether in
news, or email headers. The server at the far end of your connection
*needs* to know it in order to return any information that you have
requested. If you connect directly to any server I run, I will see
your IP address.

I can post with this one and as far as I can tell I am not exposing my addy
and can not be traced without outside help. So far so good.

CW







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