Hi

see inline please.

On 25 June 2015 at 12:03, Mathias Röllig <mroellig.n...@gmx.net> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Mailing lists intend to be a little private; only subsribers should read
> the messages. This isn't the case since mailing list will be mirrored at
> the internet.
>
Apache mailing lists are pr. definition public, we try to make as much as
possible public. We do have a few private mailings (each project has one),
but
they are to be used for matters involving people.

>
> Most mirrors hide the email addresses of senders and inside the message
> text. But not all.
>
correct.

>
> A special case is bugzilla. Bugzilla not intends to be a mailing list. It
> seems it is a closed forum which shows sender addresses only for people who
> are logged in. Bugzilla posts will be streamed into a mailing list - and
> there is the problem.
>
We do it with bugzilla and also with subversion.

I actually do not see the problem, bugzilla/subversion are as such is also
public, and anybody can go in and read the content, even without a user.


> Look at http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openoffice-issues/
> There is the address of the (always same) sender hidden:
> bugzi...@apache.org
>
> But all other email addresses are free readable.
>
> Do you think it is OK?
>
I do. We believe in being totally open, that includes mailing addresses. If
you do not want your mail address exposed, then create and use an alias.

rgds
jan i.


>
> Regards Mathias
>
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