On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 4:26 AM, John Ladasky <john_lada...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > On Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 7:47:01 AM UTC-7, T Berger wrote: >> When I go to post a reply, I get a warning asking if I want my email address >> (or other email addresses listed) visible to all, and do I want to edit my >> post. What should I do? > > Are you posting through Google Groups? Sometimes I see that warning as well. > > Some, but not all, Usenet software deliberately mangles email addresses when > composing posts. It's a good thing to mangle email addresses when posting > publicly, as it makes it harder for spammers to find new targets. So answer > "yes", and manually edit any email addresses you see in the post so that they > can't be recovered. For example, if my email address was posted undisguised, > you could edit it to "j...@g...com" and that should do the trick. >
Or just use the mailing list and do things honestly. Much easier AND safer than using Google Groups. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
