"Skywise" wrote in message ...
For one thing, I know of some folks in other newsgroups that I
participate in that post anonymously and they are far from being
trolls. Why they chose to post anonymously is their own business.
But they are good contributors to those groups.

That has not been my experience...

Besides, in my personal experience anyway, I encounter more trolls
that use real (or fake) email addresses than those who post
anonymously. Filtering anonymous remailers may nuke a few unwanted
messages but it may also nuke some good legit messages. What
about all the other trolls that don't use anonymous remailers?

If they have the balls to take responsibility for their actions, I don't
have a problem with them... If they hide behind an anonymous remailer, they
get killfiled... If there is a person that is so clueless that they chose to
associate themselves with the cowardly anonymous remailers and their posts
don't make it through, so be it -- acceptable collateral damages...

I also can't help but notice there are more posts in this thread
complaining about anonymous posters, about ignoring them, and why
they are bad than there are actual anonymous posts.

It's the principle of the thing...

Lastly, there are very legitimate uses of anonymous remailers and
mail-to-news gateways. I have used them on occasion myself.

If someone is using one, they're hiding from something... They don't have
the balls to accept the repercussions of their words... If they're not
willing to own up to what they say, why should someone waste their time
reading their dribble?