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Lynn

I am sure there is a setting on this forum's user profile to not display your personal email address to everyone who opens the profile. However, I cannot seem to find it anywhere. Can someone point me in the right direction? I could not find it under Account Details, Forum Profile or Alerts.

a.l.e

As far I can tell, users should not be able to see other users email addresses...

Do you have any evidence of that not being true?

Lynn

It may be that it's just a quirk of how your own user profile displays to you? But when I look at my own posts, they all have a "email" icon next to the "personal message" icon. When I hover over it, it shows my email address. And then if I look at my own user profile, that also lists my email address in plain text.

Looks like I'd have to find a image hosting site to share a screenshot of what things look like on my end. But if the email isn't showing up for anyone else, then it's no problem. Just a bit confusing to the user (why would I need to email myself?)

utnik

hi lynn

i never noticed it before, but i see this email icon on my own posts as well. but not on yours. (not a problem, but a strange and useless thing...)

utnik

Lynn

Fascinating. Thanks utnik - sure enough, I can't see an email listed for your posts/account. It must only display for the user.