I am both "phaeton" and "U.N.", simultaneously, ubiquitously,
surreptitiously, randomly and nonchalantly.

I was one of those who lost direct Usenet access when AT&T dropped the
service. While I miss using an actual newsreader, I haven't yet found
another NNTP service to belong to. Hence, I am using Google Groups,
which I know all of you love to pieces. P

A strange side effect is that my first post in any thread shows up as
being from "phaeton", but any subsequent posts after that show up as
being from "U.N.". It's not something I planned and not something I'm
doing on purpose, and I'm not sure why it's happening.

So now you know. I'm not posting from alts or anything like that.
But I could if you like.

-J

phaeton wrote:
> I am both "phaeton" and "U.N.", simultaneously, ubiquitously,
> surreptitiously, randomly and nonchalantly.
>
> I was one of those who lost direct Usenet access when AT&T dropped the
> service. While I miss using an actual newsreader, I haven't yet found
> another NNTP service to belong to. Hence, I am using Google Groups,
> which I know all of you love to pieces. P
>
> A strange side effect is that my first post in any thread shows up as
> being from "phaeton", but any subsequent posts after that show up as
> being from "U.N.". It's not something I planned and not something I'm
> doing on purpose, and I'm not sure why it's happening.
>
> So now you know. I'm not posting from alts or anything like that.
> But I could if you like.
>
> -J

You have my deepest sympathy re google.

--
Jean B.

On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 17:19:15 -0700 (PDT), phaeton wrote:

> I was one of those who lost direct Usenet access when AT&T dropped the
> service. While I miss using an actual newsreader, I haven't yet found
> another NNTP service to belong to. Hence, I am using Google Groups,
> which I know all of you love to pieces. P
>
> A strange side effect is that my first post in any thread shows up as
> being from "phaeton", but any subsequent posts after that show up as
> being from "U.N.". It's not something I planned and not something I'm
> doing on purpose, and I'm not sure why it's happening.

Have you tried calling Google Technical Support?

-sw

On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 17:19:15 -0700 (PDT), phaeton
> wrote:

>I am both "phaeton" and "U.N.", simultaneously, ubiquitously,
>surreptitiously, randomly and nonchalantly.
>
>I was one of those who lost direct Usenet access when AT&T dropped the
>service. While I miss using an actual newsreader, I haven't yet found
>another NNTP service to belong to. Hence, I am using Google Groups,
>which I know all of you love to pieces. P

I don't like google groups because they don't filter spam. I don't
mind it to look at threads I've deleted, but I couldn't use it as a
permanent primary news reader.
>
>A strange side effect is that my first post in any thread shows up as
>being from "phaeton", but any subsequent posts after that show up as
>being from "U.N.".

That's odd!

>It's not something I planned and not something I'm
>doing on purpose, and I'm not sure why it's happening.
>
>So now you know. I'm not posting from alts or anything like that.
>But I could if you like.
>
OK, thanks for the heads up... I wondered who that UN person was!

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Sep 7, 7:51*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 17:19:15 -0700 (PDT), phaeton wrote:
> > I was one of those who lost direct Usenet access when AT&T dropped the
> > service. *While I miss using an actual newsreader, I haven't yet found
> > another NNTP service to belong to. *Hence, I am using Google Groups,
> > which I know all of you love to pieces. P
>
> > A strange side effect is that my first post in any thread shows up as
> > being from "phaeton", but any subsequent posts after that show up as
> > being from "U.N.". *It's not something I planned and not something I'm
> > doing on purpose, and I'm not sure why it's happening.
>
> Have you tried calling Google Technical Support?
>
> -sw

Naw. It's not really a *problem*, and I'm sure that Google Tech
Support have other, more important things to do than to hear me whine
about old accounts.

-J