Re: Proposed change for subscriptions...

[Bob Robertson <bob@bogus.net>]

There is a simple answer for those who wish to use an "open" forum and 
yet retain their anonymity.

Subscribe to the list (or to the digest) with your real email address.

Then *post* to the list with a fake address, such as example@bogus.com

I find the "identity" field in Kmail to be perfect for this sort of 
thing.

A quick google search to make sure that you're not inadvertently using 
someone else's real email address would be a good idea. You could 
also put your real email address in the false identity's sig file, 
obfuscated from automated retrieval.

Since you get the list traffic sent to your real mailbox, and the list 
is "open", it doesn't matter what the return address is. The 
limitation is, of course, that your ISP allows you to send mail from 
a non-real email address, but such is life.

Bob-