> First, I don't want mail from non-monks.
While I understand this concern, I don't really agree
with it.
You don't agree with my not wanting mail from non-monks?!
That seems very strange.
As AgentM mentioned in the root of this thread, being
able to list brainpan@perlmonks.org on my resume would be
desirable.
Let me say again, "I would be happy if those monks who
wanted @perlmonks.org addresses got them." When you can
put that address on your resume, I will applaud.
Making this be an esoteric form of perlmonk-only
communication would render this benefit null and
void.
This whole site is, for the most part, an esoteric form of
perlmonk-only communciation (the Anonymous Monk account
being the limited exception). Helping the members of
this community communciate with each other more
efficiently seems central to the purpose of the site.
Giving the members of this community an email alias
seems more like sugar frosting. Nevertheless, there's no
reason why we couldn't have both.
this would give your mail client's mail filters
something to search for and deal with as you see fit.
Placing the burden of (yet more) tinkering with spam
filters on individual monks seems a poor solution. If it
came to that, I'd rather not have Monk Mail. Having
sendmail redirect to /dev/null would be much better,
though it still wouldn't accomplish what I'd like
without an onsite spool and web-based client.
> Fourth, I'm not wholly comforted by the thought
of people showing up here simply so they can get
@perlmonks.org accounts... as seems inevitable.
You seem to be neglecting the fact that this would be
true of your 'private message page' method as well.
Having Monks-only onsite mail would certainly not draw
users to the site who were not already interested enough
to be here. Nevertheless, I do not really regard
this as a viable objection to the idea of mainstream
@perlmonks.org addresses. The benefits much outweigh the
possible drawbacks. But it is something of a concern.
I think I'd prefer to see the requirements for an
address set higher, rather than lower, for this reason.
But I don't feel very strongly about this either.
Understand, I'm not a provincial person, and I want the
site to grow. I want everybody to get what they want out
of whatever email system evolves. I simply feel that in
this case, my notion would be simpler and quicker to
implement, and would actually consitute something new for
the monks, rather than a gloss on something they've
already got. I respect your opinion, but thus far I have
not heard an argument which would make me change my own. | 
