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About the poll on the main page regarding email addresses in the forums. You have the option in your user profile if you want to show your email address or not every time you post.
Why not leave the decision to each member, instead of having everyone's address either shown or hidden?
I vote for making email addresses obligatory.
If you're clean, you're clean. You don't worry about sharing your email address!
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[This message has been edited by AlienDyne (edited January 12, 2001).]
Doesn't bother me if mine's public..I put it right in my sig...I even (horror of horrors) put my real name out there for all to see...I must be mentally disturbed https://forums.windrivers.com/ https://forums.windrivers.com/ https://forums.windrivers.com/
I do think people should provide an e-mail address to register, but they should have the option of hiding it from the general public if they wish....spambots are real problems, you know. Of course, the moderators still have the user's e-mail if necessary.
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Bryan Pizzuti
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Last time I looked, the poll was about split. That's why I asked.
I don't mind that mine is public. It is my Yahoo account and all the spam goes in another box and I can block addresses from the children that try pulling their immature cr*p!
https://forums.windrivers.com/
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You spend your whole life believing that you're on the right track,
only to discover that you're on the wrong train.
No problem you can post mine ! I have nothing to hide.
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If all else fails read the directions !
Post mine if you like, i've nothing to hide!
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If you pay peanuts, you get Monkeys
It's not a question of having anything to hide or not...I just don't want every tom, dick, and harry e-mailing me because they feel they have some cause to promote or sell. I have made my e-mail address available to the moderators...if they have a problem with something I'm doing or saying, they can contact me.
I take my privacy very seriously!!!
Having said that, I also appreciate the value of a public forum such as this...it has helped me out several times as well as the good, fuzzy feelings I get from helping out somebody else.
Keep the option of making the e-mail address
available to the Moderators only!
Just my two cents worth...
Also, keep up the Good Work!
DonJ
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Hey, it's all FM to me!
I have another e-mail address that is privateQuote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by DonJ:
It's not a question of having anything to hide or not...I just don't want every tom, dick, and harry e-mailing me because they feel they have some cause to promote or sell. I have made my e-mail address available to the moderators...if they have a problem with something I'm doing or saying, they can contact me.
I take my privacy very seriously!!!
Having said that, I also appreciate the value of a public forum such as this...it has helped me out several times as well as the good, fuzzy feelings I get from helping out somebody else.
Keep the option of making the e-mail address
available to the Moderators only!
Just my two cents worth...
Also, keep up the Good Work!
DonJ
</font>
for personal friends and family only. But I own a Business so I keep this e-mail open to anyone any everyone !
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If all else fails read the directions !
it's no big deal but i think moderators should be the only ones who have access to the info.
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https://forums.windrivers.com/ Microsoft https://forums.windrivers.com/
I'm with jimmr13...the address I use here is for business only. I don't have a problem with requiring a valid email address and making it available to everyone here to use this site.
[This message has been edited by sowulo (edited January 19, 2001).]
For those of you who are interested, showing your email address is optional. Just look at your profile.
Or, you could get a cool windrivers.net email address at http://mail.windrivers.net
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[This message has been edited by QSECOFR (edited January 19, 2001).]
I think that setting in your profile was overridden by the administrator before. Scott, have you changed the settings to allow individual users to choose whether they want their email displayed or not?
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If it ain't broke, and you try to fix it anyway, then it WILL need fixing!