Account settings/hide e-mail address

[#1]

It is probably too easy to neglect to tick the 'Hide E-mail' box ( have seen this happen so many times in other forums).  Most people prefer them to be hidden. Would it be possible to have the box ticked by default?
Also, I went into 'Profile' and changed things quite easily but can PN guarantee anonymity/security?  (I am thinking of the problem earlier this year).

[#2]

I'll second that! I almost overlooked that it defaults to making the e-mail address public. By all means give a choice, but I think that the default should be to hide it.

[#3]

and consider this subject / request now thirded
I help a few people running sites / boards and this is a option on other boards, maybe someone can have a nose around the admin section?
TIA
Starlord

[#4]

Sounds like a sensible tweak to me.

[#5]

Moved from bugs to suggestions.

[#6]

Bear in mind though that the option we're talking about is a bit of a misnomer. As far as I can see, the board never actually reveals someone's e-mail address; only, it provides a web form (with no e-mail address showing) if someone wants to e-mail someone else. So even if you don't have the 'hide e-mail address' (or whatever it's called) option turned on, your e-mail address will never actually be shown to anyone.

[#7]

Yeah, I was wondering about that. 

[#8]

I applied a mod to SMF so that it would do the form thing instead of showing unobscured email addresses.

[#9]

I agree that the default should be to hide email address.  It is so easy to miss ticking boxes in the registration process and much better to keep the address hidden. 

[#10]

Precisely - they'll just see a web form which they can use to e-mail you, which doesn't in any way give away your e-mail address.

[#11]

Quote from: James_H

So are we saying that if I want people to be able to contact me via email, I need to unhide my email address, but with the mod Colin added, folks won't see my address still.

But if you do want your e-mail address to be known you could add it to your sig.

[#12]

I'd rather have the form-based email system v's having my email address displayed unobscured... I get enough spam as it is
If there's strong opinion, it might be possible to make it an option