The Mail Archive does have to be very aggressive to obfuscate email addresses, otherwise a lot of people go bonkers. But yes, it is dumb to break a hyperlink, especially a hyperlink to The Mail Archive. Your feature request is valid and if you are feeling eager, feel free to send in a patch. Otherwise we'll get to it when inspiration strikes (and I have to warn you, inspiration can be rather slow to strike sometimes...).
http://www.mhonarc.org/MHonArc/doc/resources/addressmodifycode.html <AddressModifyCode> $orig_address = $_; $address = lc($orig_address); if ($ENV{'MAILLIST'} eq $address) { # If it's the list address, leave it alone. $final_address = $orig_address; } else { # Otherwise, conceal the address. (Choose ONE option below.) $address =~ s/(.).{0,3}(@.*)/$1\.\.\.$2/; # usern...@domain.com $final_address = $address; } $_ = $final_address; </AddressModifyCode>