On Jul 11, 2019, at 4:09 PM, Kate Deibel 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> For people who lack either github or git knowledge and don't want to just try 
> to read the diff outputs, here are the links you need...
> 
> --
> Katherine Deibel | PhD
> Inclusion & Accessibility Librarian
> Syracuse University Libraries 
> T 315.443.7178
> [email protected]
> 222 Waverly Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244
> Syracuse University


One thing I hope to see in the revision/update to our codes-of-conduct is in 
regards to signatures; personally, I think each posting to the mailing list 
ought to be non-anonymous.

With the advent of some sort of new SMTP enhancement called DMARC, it is 
possible to post to LISTSERV applications (like ours) and have your email 
address obfuscated, like above. This is apparently a feature. [0] Yes, direct 
replies to an address like [email protected] do 
make it back to the original sender, but without some sort of signature can be 
very difficult to know to whom one is replying.

I think any poster to the mailing ought to be easily identifiable. One ought to 
be able to easily know the name of the poster, their affiliation, and their 
email address. Such makes things: 1) more transparent, and 2) lends credibility 
to the post. Even if I don't sign this message you can see that my name is Eric 
Morgan, I work for Notre Dame, and my address is [email protected]. The posting 
above works because there is/was a full signature. Postings from 
[email protected] are difficult to swallow but I can live with them. 
But postings from EM <[email protected]> with no 
signature I think are not respectful. Remember, "On the Internet, nobody knows 
you are a dog." [1]

[0] dmarc - https://www.lsoft.com/news/dmarc-issue1-2018.asp
[1] dog - 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you're_a_dog

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Eric Morgan
University of Notre Dame

574/631-8604

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