I can't speak to the whys and wherefores of why this change was made (or even whether it's a good or bad thing, without hearing the various arguments pro/con), but I'll just say that the email addresses of the posters is still available, in the Reply-To: headers. (And this change looks like it was made a few months ago.)
Milt Epstein mepst...@illinois.edu On Sun, 21 Jul 2024, Bret Busby via Alpine-info wrote: > On 21/7/24 04:41, Bret Busby via Alpine-info wrote: > > On 21/7/24 04:15, James Miller via Alpine-info wrote: > > Why has the mailing list administration been changed to conceal the email > address of posters? > > Is that to prohibit subscribers from directly contacting a poster of a > message, in response to content of a post, and, to prohibit subscribers from > blocking email from a particular poster, if a poster shows delinquent > behaviour? > > This change to the mailing list administration is ominous. > > .. > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > (UTC+0800) > .............. > > _______________________________________________ > Alpine-info mailing list > Alpine-info@u.washington.edu > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/alpine-info__;!!DZ3fjg!7prUz5vnDUxcB5Q_CbkJKcN6eTntZJufDQOe0IV3JBfdiPLDqVihZKNgmntQ2Bekktcmyq8YYqe9HE7UxxMxa7kyTVA9FRYy$ > _______________________________________________ Alpine-info mailing list Alpine-info@u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/alpine-info
