# Is there any reason use "no-reply@example.com" for author tag in rss?

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**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2014 年 11 月 21 日午前 3:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-reason-use-no-reply-example-com-for-author-tag-in-rss/22371 "2014-11-21T03:02:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![christian\_leder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/christian_leder/32/107617_2.png) [@christian\_leder](https://meta.discourse.org/u/christian_leder)\
**Post date:** [2014 年 11 月 25 日午前 9:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-reason-use-no-reply-example-com-for-author-tag-in-rss/22371/12 "2014-11-25T09:32:45Z")

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just an idea: one could use the foaf:mbox\_sha1sum as defined in foaf [FOAF Vocabulary Specification](http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/#term_mbox_sha1sum) which identifies the author uniquely without disclosing his real email address.

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