hiding email addresses

[kplow webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Could you tell me how to avoid having automated programs pick up the email addresses on your website so we avoid receiving so much junkmail?

Thanks!

[Joe {RoastHorse}]

use a form/serverscript for users to send mail.

joe



"kplow" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Could you tell me how to avoid having automated programs pick up the email

addresses on your website so we avoid receiving so much junkmail?

>
> Thanks!
>
>

[Joe Makowiec]

On 28 Jul 2003 in macromedia.dreamweaver, wrote:

> Could you tell me how to avoid having automated programs pick up the
> email addresses on your website so we avoid receiving so much
> junkmail?

The best, and only absolutely reliable way, is never to post them. If
you choose this option, you need some kind of server-side scripting (php,
asp(.net), cgi/perl) where you can either hard-code the addresses, or
pull them from a database.

Next best is to insert the address using client-side scripting
(javascript). Most harvester bots have js turned off, so putting the
address, broken into parts, into an external javascript should keep them
safe.

Or you can try the trick of changing part or all of the address into
character entities (@ = &#65;, so me&#65;myisp.invalid). There are
scripts out there which will return a string of character entities when
you input a text string.

For an interesting perspective on this, see:

[url]http://www.cdt.org/speech/spam/030319spamreport.shtml[/url]

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Joe Makowiec can be reached at:
[url]http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe[/url]