-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Garrett: it prevents seeing people's real email addresses, and it breaks PGP signing. it's also pointless, since the real addresses are already available in the mailman archived. - river.

And imaging trying to reply to headers like these: From: Daniel Friesen <dan_the_man-EynCeXvFgoheoWH0uzbU5w(a)public.gmane.org> Subject: Re: gmane need not encrypt wikimedia lists email addresses Newsgroups: gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.technical To: wikitech-l-RusutVdil2icGmH+5r0DM0B+6BGkLq7r(a)public.gmane.org Reply-To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l-RusutVdil2icGmH+5r0DM0B+6BGkLq7r(a)public.gmane.org> So as Lars (owner of Gmane) will only accept the word of the list owner to turn obfuscation off, will Brion please put the following in his mailer and hit SEND: To: gmane-discuss(a)hawk.netfonds.no Subject: Re: regret harsh subscription encryption choice References: <m3fxkyq9oc.fsf(a)quimbies.gnus.org> From: BRION LMI> jidanni(a)jidanni.org writes: LMI> No, don't. Just because there are non-encrypted archives out there LMI> doesn't mean that Gmane's messages should be non-encrypted. This is up LMI> to the list admin to decide, and if a list has started out as encrypted, LMI> only a request from the list admin should result in encryption being LMI> switched off. LMI> -- LMI> (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) LMI> larsi(a)gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Hi, this is Brion, owner of all the *.wikimedia.* and *.wikipedia.* lists. Encryption is great, but not for us, so please turn it off.