This makes me 😭
UPDATE: Thanks @nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de for this update: The issue has now been commented on and was closed by the maintainer, where they explained why those blocks would be nonsense. But it appears the OP wants to still talk with maintainer privately about it.
Yeah, not being able to keep track of email was a weak fucking excuse.
Yeah, they should have pushed back and said “Nope, email is the only method we will conduct professional communications over.”