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Mick,

However email addresses are visible to all members in messages.

Yes, to members receiving messages by email. On the web interface only the Display Name is shown (assuming the member has one).

Sending outbound messages that do not include the sender's email address is something that was rather heavily discussed in the beta group a few years back. Search that group for the keyword "anonymous" and you'll likely find more discussion than you care to read.


But before you do that, start with this more recent one (and maybe throw a Like on it, or a comment in support):

This is serious breach of privacy and could lead to legal action by a
member.

Frankly, that's absurd.

Without trying to be too pedantic about it, Groups.io is an email list service, and that's how email works. You send a message TO your correspondent's address, and your address is the FROM address of the message. That simple arrangement, modeled on postal mail, has been a part of the internet email standard as long as there has been a standard


The member may as well attempt legal action on that basis against AOL, Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, their own ISP, and every other email service they've ever used.

As a practical response to your members, you may recommend that if they are concerned about their privacy when using your group they should create an email address (with any one of the email service providers) which does not include any personal identification in the email address or its Display Name.

Shal


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