"CRaSH" wrote in message
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Over at the sim group a newbie has nothing but adoration for Mx, almost
virtual toe sucking. He even "pings" Mx for advice since they 'happen' to
have the same payware addon! Now, what are the odds of nearly identical
paths, newsreaders, etc., between two users, on two groups, talking to one
another?? You decide! (eBay would call it being a "shill" for a buyer)

Let's assume for a moment that anyone here really even cares.

So, how many messages have you found posted by "Matt "
that share path information with Mxsmanic? I took a few moments to look at
various messages, and the only one I saw that did have the same apparent
similarities was the one you're mentioning now.

There are a variety of explanations for the similarity, many of which have
nothing to do with one person impersonating another.

Of course, even if he is, so what? There's no authentication on Usenet.
Any of us could be practically anyone. If by some miracle the person who
posts as Mxsmanic is also posting as someone else *and* without causing the
same problems he does as Mxsmanic, I'd think we should be grateful. Time
spent as his alter-ego is time NOT spent causing problems.

And if both apparent people share the same personality traits, then again
there's no issue. After all, one can just as easily ignore two people as
they can just one.

Frankly, I find this obsession with the guy unhealthy. If you don't like
him, then just ignore him. Threads *about* him are nearly as annoying as he
is himself, and just as useless. As for cross-checking message headers,
that's about as close to the definition of "obsessive" as I think a person
could get without consulting a dictionary.

Pete