Why does my address appear as part of my name 2512

Morten Reistad

"In a newsgroup": but that is in fact your computer screen?

See? I can only see that you are explaining this on Google. How could I see that you are explaining it on Usenet except by opening what is called the "original message" where I would find about 8 or 10 lines of identification, and I do not think that I have ever seen the term "Usenet" there.

Yes.

I believe it would be easy to set up a completely private group, for instance through e-mail. Your privacy of course would depend on the discretion of every member. This would be good only for very specific, mainly organizational or even sectarian purposes.

Is this the correct plural? I thought so, too, but this is the first time I see it (and at first I read "fLora" and buttociated with "fauna" as a despective reference to lower life forms).

Well, with very few exceptions, participants are anonymous and behave as if they knew this and counted on it.

....and if you are in a habit of reading quickly. I read very slowly.

As far as I know this can be read all over the world. I thought even the totalitarian States cannot completely block access.

Thanks a lot.