What some usenet spammers do is use the ligitamate names of people in
newsgroups for their advertising.
That is what probably happened.
Jeff
"Chemqueries" <chemqueries at aol.com> wrote in message
news:20031208071323.10794.00000325 at mb-m24.aol.com...
> Several weeks ago, I posted a message here in response to someone else's
> request for neuroscience information. Today I see an advertisement on this
> message board from a place called Bridgewater University. That
advertisement
> was somehow connected to the message I posted several weeks ago. I have
> absolutely no connection or affiliation with that University or the
> advertisement on this board, and I resent their using my name and my
message in
> their advertisement. Is there some way that my message can be dissociated
from
> that advertisement? Is there a board monitor here? Thanks for your help.