On Monday, Sep 22, 2003, at 12:28 Europe/Copenhagen, Gavin Sinclair wrote: >> It wasn't a conscious decision: I just reflected the e-mail out to >> usenet as it stood. It struck me that as this was a public mailing >> list, with no subscription qualifications, then any e-mail address >> used >> was effectively public too. > >> I'm open to discussion on this > > It wouldn't take much effort to change the email address, would it? > > email.sub(/@/, " (at) ") > > And nobody would *complain* that their address was being modified. > Well, I wasn't sure - it's sometimes inconvenient dealing with hacked e-mail addresses - it means that anyone wanting to send e-mail to a poster has to retype. Might it not be easier to set up a filter so that you only accept mail to a particular alias if it comes from ruby-talk? Cheers Dave