Just to close the loop on this topic: In addition to the public email below, I received another private one that suggests the same reservation about being public and eternally archived on a public forum.
Notwithstanding the contrarieties of that position, the nays have it. Rest assured status quo prevails.
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Francesco Ariis <fa-ml@ariis.it> wrote:
Yes, I am worried about private replies broadcast to the world (and archived
on gmane, etc.).