On Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:29:14 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:36:16 +0000, Alister wrote: > >> To put it even more simply If you have a legitimate reason to send me >> emails then you have no legitimate reason to withhold your true >> Identity. > > "Dear Alister, <snip> > > Whistleblower laws are useless. Sometimes people need to remain > anonymous. Even when whistleblower laws have teeth, sometimes it's just > better to keep your identity unknown.
That would be acceptable as an email to me as a company/gvt. officer. emails to me as an individual have no justification in remaining anonymous > > However, in the specific case of Nikos, I cannot imagine any legitimate > reason for him to be sending anonymous emails to his website users. I've > asked him to explain, but he hasn't. I can only conclude that he is > intending to send spam, or otherwise act unethically or even criminally. > Even if I knew how to write an anonymous mail server, I wouldn't help > him. indeed, I have given Nikos the benefit of the doubt & even tried to help him once when the question seemed within my limited abilities but without further information on the purpose I will not be helping with this one.# -- unfair competition, n.: Selling cheaper than we do. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list