I think it is fine to let people come on without posting their e-mail address to the world. Many people are going to feel uncomfortable putting out their e-mail address in the beginning and that is ok.

As long as Webflyer has a way to police anyone who becomes truly obnoxious, people should be allowed to develop their comfort level at their own pace. Eventually, they will become part of the community and everybody will feel ok about their decisions or they will go away and that's ok too.

It would be sad to eliminate someone from the board just because they are reluctant, for whatever reason, to post their address when they first sign up.

New people have no way of knowing that we aren't just a bunch of nutcases. (Actually, there are probably some of us only come back because we have decided that we are a bunch of nutcases. )

[This message has been edited by Punki (edited 06-26-1999).]