“Please can you remove my email address”
This is the most common request I get. I have decided to remove from display all email addresses from all newsgroup posts (along similar lines to Google Groups) in an effort to stop the email spam harvesters.
The message headers (and the email address of the sender) are still viewable, but are hidden behind a ‘captcha’ screen (one of those ‘copy the letters in the box below’ devices). They appear to be quite effective at determining man from machine.
I also intend to introduce a ‘view raw post’ feature, again behind captcha, where email addresses in the body of posts can be safely viewed.
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