On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:50:56 +0300, NSK <nsk2(a)wikinerds.org> wrote: 1) you can post anything you like to the mailing list, but people may be rather annoyed at you for not using the Bugzilla interface, where it can be labelled, searched, etc; I know of no mechanism for creating or amending a bugzilla report just by e-mail. [Although I gather older bug trackers, such as Debian's, use e-mail as their main interface, not the web] 2) the mailing lists are all publically archived, with not-very-obfuscated e-mail adresses (I don't think replacing "at" with "@" is going to deter many harvesters). I was going to say you need to sign up before you can send, too, but I seem to remember e-mails from unsubscribed addresses are put in a "moderation" queue, rather than outright deleted, so I guess that much is easier. Other than suggesting people create a throw-away e-mail account for bug discussion (as long as they are actually going to check it, so they'll receive requests for clarification etc), I guess we can only hope that someone will implement obfuscation/hiding of e-mail addresses within bugzilla. [Or, of course, one of us can do it; but having glanced at the source code, I'm not volunteering! ;)] After all, only the software needs to know the address; as long as people don't turn off all mailing, there should be no need for other humans to know their address at all... -- Rowan Collins BSc [IMSoP]