George,

Yes..me and the mods are quick when something does need attention usually but chat is 24/7 and things could get way out of hand pretty quick and somebody won't always be there and I'd like anything associated with RCU to have a positive contribution.

The email thing is possible however the reason we don't is several fold. First attachments are nice but can also cause viruses to propogate. Through our system as you know they are not allowed. 2nd and most important to people is that the "cloaking" of emails keeps their email protected from spammers. If an email were visible in any way on this site a bot could troll the site and pick them all up and then the email spam flood begins.

What I always suggest is to send the email using the system and request the users email address from that person so when they reply to you if that person wants he can divulge his email and then you can contact them directly. This protects the virus thing and the spammer problem. Also many times users put their emails into the post if they don't mind them being public. Funny thing is that many users still use public emails here (yahoo, hotmail, etc...) for fear of spam but with this system it is prevented.

I could make it an option for those who truly don't mind but have to make it clear to them what the downsides could be so they don't come back complaining to me that a spammer got their email from here and now they are getting flooded with junk mail...when the site first started users would email me blaming our site for junk mail when we don't sell or show any emails in any way! Go figure...