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In article <wkvhoh4wla.fsf@mjf.vip.best.com>, Marty  <mjf@best.com> wrote:
)>>>>> In article <6pl6v6$4u4$1@shell3.ba.best.com>,
)>>>>> doosh@best.com (Tom Holub) scribbled:
)
)  > In article <6pl62j$h4p$1@shell9.ba.best.com>, Jason O'Rourke
)  > <jor@best.com> wrote: ) )No, it's basic privacy.  Why do I need to
)  > advertise my phone number any )time I call anyone?  Or put it a
)  > different way - what value does CID bring )to me to justify that?
)
)  > The same value that having your e-mail address in your From: line
)  > brings; an open environment where everyone knows who they're
)  > talking to and how to contact them.
)
)Wow.  An email address will tell you who you are talking to?  I don't
)think so.  Of course, neither will a telephone number, although it is
)easier to forge an email address but easier to use someone else's
)phone.

An address is not a strong authentication form, whether it's on Usenet or
in an e-mail, but when authentication is not a real issue, it's adequate.
I think it's reasonable to assume that someone named Marty J. Fouts,
or at least the person who consistently claims to be Marty J. Fouts, posted
the message I'm responding to, and that I can mail him at mjf@best.com
if I want to.
 -Tom