ChrisR, i hear what you say, it can be "annoying" not being able to post your email address, but it was decided that to keep the forums "neat and tidy" certain things are not allowed, (you may want to see
here ,email addresses being one of them.
also, Breezer had to loose his flashing signature because too many people complained.
I think this forum is as good as it is because of:
Friendly banter between everyone
No offensive posts
It is not full of different pictures for each user.
I used to be on a forum ( closed now) that all posters could have "avatars" / pictures , multi coloured signatures etc it did look confusing as everyone had their own.
I do not own diynot, but i am going to ask if we can have a private message facility set up, in this you can (should) be able to give your email address