FOR those people who are using TypePad there has been some updates in the admin section of the service (see TypePad Hacks), but also by default email addresses won't be displayed on comments.
I sent a message to TypePad this morning and they got back to me to explain that they had decided to turn off the automatic display of an email address, after feedback from users.
The main reason is of course to stop spammers harvesting addresses off sites and may prompt people to leave more comments if they feel safe from such online practices.
If people leave a website address when posting a comment that will be displayed as a live link and any existing comments with email addresses will also remain live.
To turn these off you would have to edit the comment-list template within TypePad, but it would be useful if you could do this with just a simple check box option with the admin section.
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