On Wed, 15 May 2019 12:44:09 +1300, Paul Hayton wrote:

> Well for Mystic it's a user posting to echomail with their real name or
> handle. In the case of fsxNet Usenet those echomail packets are gated to
> a news post which is posted to the NNTP server using the From: name /
> alias supplied.

Sounds logical.

> If you look at how this reply is gated through and shows up in the
> newsgroup you will see it comes from my 'real name' as that is the rule
> I am abiding by here by posting in the Fidonet MYSTIC group.. but for
> others who have posted here using their alias the same things happens,
> and in Usenet the post shows as coming from the alias.

So you are posting here from Mystic? That's nice.

One more thing I'd like to ask about the matter. How recourse heavy is
getting user subscribed groups down and so. If I recall correctly fropm
back in the days NNTP servers were quite light weight on other but disks
screamed like maniacs .. but that was in 90's so 

Thanks Paul for answers!

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