>There are a lot of great articles and commentary that gets posted here.
>If I am searching the archives and come across a post but want to ask the
>author for a reference, or for more information, I can do so without
>cluttering the list.
>
>Yes this means spammers can harvest the addresses as well. But I consider
>it worth it.
>
>
>Matt
simple solution. when you join the list, the obscured email address is automagically unobscured in the archives and viewable to the legit member. that would have been very easy to build into the solution!