What to do if user inadvertently includes email in a post? [duplicate]

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I came across a post on SO where the OP included their email address in the post (no link because I'm not sure of the privacy concerns). The address is in an excerpt from a debugging log file, and is in a code block so that only part of the text is visible (the address is around column 300 of the line) which is why I believe it was included inadvertently. It looks like a work email address; in this particular case, the OP's profile also has a link to a personal website, which lists a different email (I assume personal) address.

What should I do to warn this user (or any other user that makes the same mistake -- if it was a mistake)? A discrete email to the address I discovered? To the personal address on their profile? Flag for moderator attention? Ignore it?

• Niall C.: @waiwai933: Heh! I searched for "private" and "personal".
• Michael Mrozek: There's a feature request about giving mods the ability to delete revisions, but I don't know if it's planned or not
• devinb: @Michael Mrozek, that's not a feature-request, that's a question.
• Michael Mrozek: @devinb Oh, good point, I remembered it wrong

Answer 1

I would flag it for moderator attention with a sentence of explanation.

Warning: the only real recourse is to delete the entire question.

• Niall C.: Does the OP get notified of why their question was removed so they can post a corrected version?
• Arjan: I learned a new word today :-)
• bobobobo: Of course you know about this one: "intercourse". It just means "communication" or "contact". So you can say to coworkers "Hey, haven't seen you in a while, we should have some intercourse."

Answer 2

I would leave a comment for the user. You can also edit the post, if you feel that is appropriate (the user can always rollback).