As an ex HJ mod I was occasionally involved with transmitting messages between people because, rightly, people don't want to openly show their email address. But it's one of the overheads the mods could do without - there's plenty else to keep them busy.
I'm a member of lots of forums and I can't think of one where I have had "unsolicited" or unwelcome spam in PMs. I suppose some of the cleverer ones here might find their PM inbox full of questions, but they can choose to ignore them - or, as suggested above, have PMs on if required, and not if not. Whatever, I'd like to see PMs available (and maybe white and black lists!)
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