Sven Burmeister
I personally do not have a problem with that, but a lot of people won't even read your email on this list, if they do not see your real name in the email.
How can they determine what is a real name and what is not? Of course they can't, so what is being asked for is a name that "looks" real. For reasons I cannot fathom, some people are more comfortable with "Jon Thomas" than "Guess Who," even though both could be aliases, or both real, or any combination of the two. In fact, there are two "Guess Who"s listed at four11.com. There are many legitimate reasons why people may wish to use an alias. http://www.lcs.mit.edu/news/privacy.html
Excellent, thanks. BTW, it links to Sven Guckes excellent page on mail editing. Sven is an example of a helpful person who is also sometimes acerbic and incessantly nags people about netiquette. IMO, he's clearly an asset to the community even if some people get ticked off by his nagging. The same can be said about some of the people here. We need conventions and standards, and we need people who will take the time to remind people of their existence. -rex (my real name, BTW) -- Moebius strippers never show you their back side.