On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:53:23 -0500, cybercat wrote:

> "Andy" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> Andy, sorry to piggyback but I have "Horry" kfed.
>
>> Horry said...
>>
>>> On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:21:29 -0600, Andy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Horry said...
>
>>>>>>>>> The dickhead has never emailed me before, and did so to assure
>>>>>>>>> me that he knows how to post to Usenet using proxies.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's obvious neither of you know what a proxy is.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Without using the word proxy, please try and explain what you're
>>>>>>>> referring to.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> AFAIK, all he needs is a new Google account. And to get a new
>>>>>>> Google Account, he needs an unregistered email address (Gmail,
>>>>>>> Hotmail, Yahoo, whatever).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> He'd only need to use a proxy if Google decided to ban his IP
>>>>>>> address (which is unlikely) -- and that's assuming he has a
>>>>>>> permanent static IP (which is also unlikely).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
> Posting via proxy is the fastest way to return to posting via Google
> without even thinking about the issues you bring up. Genius.

I'm risking attracting Andy's ire here, but that's simply untrue.

All posting via a proxy does is mask your IP address. Google would have
banned his Google account, not his IP address.