Re: META: BBS (was Re: Arbitrariness of Ethics)

From: Ziana Astralos (ziana@extrotech.net)
Date: Mon Apr 29 2002 - 18:17:04 MDT


On Mon 29 Apr 2002 Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org> wrote:
> Is it possible to change the infrastructure to include poster's email
> address in messages posted via BBS? Otherwise, it's indistinguishable from
> anonymized non-subscriber posts.
> ...

There is an option in the user preferences to make the email address 'hidden'.
This is, iirc, selected by default. If a user were to deselect it, their email
address should be displayed as the sender of the message.

> ...
> doesn't allow to send comments to the author via private mail without going
> through the list (which the author is probably not subscribed to).

If they're reading the list at the BBS, however, they would be able to see any
such messages even if they are not subscribed to the majordomo email listserv.

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