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Re: Google Group problems - email address visible [message #88256 is a reply to message #88249]

Wed, 02 April 2014 16:28

Michael Galloy
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On 4/2/14, 1:17 pm, AMS wrote:
>
> I don't know if this is a Google Groups issue specific to this group
> or not, so thought I'd ask...
>
> I try to set my email address to be invisible every place possible,
> to prevent e.g. farming by spambots and unsolicited messages. When I
> Google search this group and look at my posts, I can't see any way to
> find my email address from my posts. Similarly, Google tech support
> tell me my address is not publically viewable.
>
> Despite this, about 50% of the time I reply to a thread here I get an
> email from the thread starter who has inadvertently replied to me
> rather than to the group. Most of the time they're not aware that the
> message was sent to me rather than to the group. So clearly, there is
> some mechanism by which my email address is accessible somehow.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone know how to make sure
> my details really are private? I can't find any more privacy settings
> to check and unfortunately logging into and posting in groups appears
> to require being logged into my Gmail account. (As mentioned before,
> contacting Google about this suggests that what is happening to me
> should not be possible. Eppur si muove.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andy
>

I don't use Google groups, but I can see your email address quite
clearly on your posts.

Mike
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		Google Group problems - email address visible By: Andy Sayer on Wed, 02 April 2014 12:17
		Re: Google Group problems - email address visible By: Andy Sayer on Wed, 02 April 2014 12:36
		Re: Google Group problems - email address visible By: Michael Galloy on Wed, 02 April 2014 16:28
		Re: Google Group problems - email address visible By: Heinz Stege on Wed, 02 April 2014 16:38
		Re: Google Group problems - email address visible By: Michael Galloy on Wed, 02 April 2014 18:22
		Re: Google Group problems - email address visible By: Heinz Stege on Wed, 02 April 2014 16:23
		Re: Google Group problems - email address visible By: Andy Sayer on Wed, 02 April 2014 16:41
		Re: Google Group problems - email address visible By: Phillip Bitzer on Wed, 02 April 2014 17:59

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