From: aba@atlas.ex.ac.uk
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 00:09:02 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: protecting against impersonation (was: CANADIAN PRESS REPORTS)
Message-ID: <29172.9511181558@exe.dcs.exeter.ac.uk>
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anonymous writes:
> I still feel such a sense of violation with what LD did, such an
> utter sense of helplessness at the character assassination I've
> suffered at his hands, 

So use PGP, sign your messages.  Simple solution.

> that I feel that I must take some token action to "set the record
> straight".  Something which clears my name.

This post wasn't signed off, but I presume you are "Alice d'nonymous",
it would help lots if you could get yourself an account with a nym
server, such as alpha@c2.org.  That would have the advantages that
your email address would be recognizable, and that people could reply
to you if they wanted to.

If having a working reply address bothers you, well at least sign your
posts, if you're concerned about a persistant identity, the tools are
available to do it.  Complaining about things which have simple
technological solutions won't get you much sympathy.

Adam