email mangling (Re: cvs commit: src/bin/ls cmp.c extern.h ls.1 ls.c ls.h print.c util.c

[David Taylor]

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> 
> After a user complained about me putting his email address in a
> commit message, I have adopted the policy of just using the person's
> name..  Yes, email adresses are the internet's unique ID, but, the
> name is still unique enough for most things..

The name "David Taylor" is unique enough for nothing.  Even the other
day I phoned up to get an appointment at the optician and after
asking my name they said, "OK, there's a lot of David Taylor's here,
whats your DOB?" (as it turned out they had my DOB down as 31/12/1899,
which didn't help, but the point is my name is not unique even in my
local area, never mind the Internet).

Given that I am already filtering 150+ spams a day, I'd rather have
my e-mail address listed (if I'm given credit at all) than "save"
myself from spam I wouldn't notice.

-- 
David Taylor