Something like FixNews for Outlook Express?

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Freeware FixNews (desisoft) permits automatic munging of email
address when posting, but works only with Netscape. Has anyone
done something like this for Outlook Express?

Using Netscape and FixNews, when I send email, my true address
appears, and when I post, it looks like this one...

Thanks!
 
[email protected] said:
Freeware FixNews (desisoft) permits automatic munging of email
address when posting, but works only with Netscape. Has anyone
done something like this for Outlook Express?

Using Netscape and FixNews, when I send email, my true address
appears, and when I post, it looks like this one...

Thanks!
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Have you thought of putting a false email address in your account settings
for your news server in OE? Why would you want to receive email from a news
group?
 
Have you thought of putting a false email address in your account
settings for your news server in OE? Why would you want to
receive email from a news group?
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Why wouldn't you? Assuming that you don't for some reason, have you
considered putting an invalid address in your OE settings?
 
»Q« said:
Why wouldn't you? Assuming that you don't for some reason, have you
considered putting an invalid address in your OE settings?
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Isn't that what I said?
 
»Q« said:
Depends on what you meant by 'false' I suppose. The address in your
From header is valid.
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Valid? It's a made-up address. That's what I meant by false. Sorry if it
wasn't clear. I would as soon put my real address on a newsgroup post as I
would a real credit card number.
 
Valid? It's a made-up address. That's what I meant by false.
Sorry if it wasn't clear. I would as soon put my real address on
a newsgroup post as I would a real credit card number.
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Would you put someone else's credit card number in your posts? The
address you are using is valid, and since it is not yours you should
not use it in your posts. Any mail sent to you at that address will
travel to the flannery.net domain,
<http://www.whois.net/whois.cgi2?d=flannery.net>, where the owner of
the domain will have to deal with it. Probably it is either dropped
or bounced, but it still creates needless traffic to that domain.
You should use either a domain name which you have permission to use
or an invalid domain name (not merely one that has not yet been
registered), and if you choose the second option, you should use the
top level domain .invalid, reserved for such purposes.
<http://www.faqs.org/faqs/net-abuse-faq/munging-address/> has more
info.
 
flan said:
Have you thought of putting a false email address in your account
settings for your news server in OE? Why would you want to receive
email from a news group?
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Because:
Somebody knows something I want to know or I know something that
somebody else wants to know that is off topic for the group.

I might offer (or receive) additional help / give (get) off topic
suggestions.

There might be something I want to discuss with a specific person in
privacy, without the whole group knowing. (Because it is not of interest
for the whole group)

It can prevent flamewars because I can settle affairs outside the group.

I can tell you about problems with a post so that you can correct it
without making you a fool in public.


- And that are only reasons I already encountered. And there were quite
often occasions where I could (and would) have offered more help if
there had been a valid e-mail address.

There is no reason to use your primary e-mail address. But there are
several free mail services with good spam & virus filters where one can
easily open an account solely for newsgroups. (I have such an address)

bye,

Onno
 
Can't you tell from his sig? He's a MS basher troll - no other reason.
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So what if he is a MS basher ? Better than being an MS worshipper.
Hell, use whatever software you like to post to the usenet - it belongs
equally to everybody.
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Unless they are MS bashers perhaps?
 
John Fitzsimons wrote:

His usual drivel.

He has become completely irrelevant and pityful, our FAQ-man.


+----------+
| PLEASE |
| DO NOT |
| FEED THE |
| TROLLS |
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Sietse said:
John Fitzsimons wrote:

His usual drivel.

He has become completely irrelevant and pityful, our FAQ-man.
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It's pretty easy to see what's happened here. Blinkered the Sharleton
has sucessfully brainwashed his gullible sock puppets and has left to
poison greener pastures. His work here is done, but he is pleased with
the results. The echos of his "If you *must* use OE" can be heard in
such selfish patronising as "Don't use OE to post news. Please." His
idea of a non-MS basher necessarily being a MS worshipper has
sucessfully rubbed off onto another of his minions.

Or maybe JF is just/ also a George Bush worshipper... if you're not with
us (MS bashers) then you must be against us.

Either way I'd agree - he's become a waste of space.
 
John said:
So what if he is a MS basher ? Better than being an MS worshipper.


Unless they are MS bashers perhaps?
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Unlike yourself, I apply my comments equally to everybody, regardless of
their software preferences... pretty obvious I'd have thought:
DC: "Don't use OE to post news."
Me: "use whatever software you like to post to the usenet"

Doesn't get much simpler than that.

__ Standard footer for John Fitzsimons __
(quoted from numerous replies to his posts) ...

-------------DO NOT SNIP--------------
I think this is about the fifth or sixth time I've asked you to supply
any reference to any post I've made, which would serve to back up your
allegations of "worship". Or if that's too hard, any thread at all I've
started off by actually recommending using a MS product (worshipping not
even required). Each time you have conveniently snipped the request from
your reply. Let's see if you can manage to do it again, or whether you
can actually put your money where your mouth is.
-------------DO NOT SNIP--------------
 
It's pretty easy to see what's happened here. Blinkered the
Sharleton has sucessfully brainwashed his gullible sock puppets
and has left to poison greener pastures. His work here is done,
but he is pleased with the results. The echos of his "If you
*must* use OE" can be heard in such selfish patronising as "Don't
use OE to post news. Please." His idea of a non-MS basher
necessarily being a MS worshipper has sucessfully rubbed off onto
another of his minions.
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You are not merely an non-MS basher, Alan. You insistence that
Blinky is the cause of anti-MS sentiment is absurd, as is your
continued insistence that you merely provide facts about MS products.
You label people MS bashers far too readily, tarring with a very
broad brush, and you attack them with ad hominem repeatedly.

One reason people object to the use of OE to post to Usenet is the
horrible way it misformats quoted text. This bug causes OE to send a
lot of posts which are very annoying to read, and by itself this bug
is enough to justify the recommendation not to use OE for Usenet
posting. Recommending third-party add-ons to correct the extremely
poor formatting of OE sometimes helps, but frequently just leads to
OE users finding further ways to misformat their posts.

Me: "use whatever software you like to post to the usenet"
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That's pretty lousy advice. Usenet posts are carried to readers
around the world, and users should try to choose software that
generates readable messages.

--
»Q« It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, if you
mean it is. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers.
It isn't her's. It isn't our's either. It's ours, and
likewise yours and theirs.
-- Oxford University Press, Edpress News
 
Me: "use whatever software you like to post to the usenet"
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< snip >

Aren't you the one who made the dopey "He's a MS basher troll" comment
? Sounds like you are saying that one can use anything BUT not be
critical of MS.

Why does it matter if he is an MS basher ? Why do you need to defend
Microsoft products ?

Regards, John.
 
<news:[email protected]>:
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You insistence that
Blinky is the cause of anti-MS sentiment is absurd, as is your
continued insistence that you merely provide facts about MS products.
You label people MS bashers far too readily, tarring with a very
broad brush, and you attack them with ad hominem repeatedly.
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< snip >

Yep. Nicely put. :-)


< Waiting for ad hominem attack from Alan against "Q">

Also watch out for the regulatory "MS bashers" comment from Alan
as well.

Would be entertaining if it weren't so pathetic.
 
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