Email addresses

[Tom Pepper Willett]

If the email address can be seen in the html/code view, it is seen by the
"webworm"

Take a look at the free fp addin "spam spoiler":

http://www.jimcoaddins.com/addins.aspx
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|I have heard this, and want to know if it is true.
|
| If you display email addresses, even those that are retrieved from a DB, a
| web worm can go in and get them, and BAM mass spam email. But, if you just
| put a pic there, and let the hyperlink value open up OE or whatever their
| default email program is, with the email value, a webworm can't see
through
| the pic.
| Is this true??
| Jeff
|
|

 

[Jeff]

I have heard this, and want to know if it is true.

If you display email addresses, even those that are retrieved from a DB, a
web worm can go in and get them, and BAM mass spam email. But, if you just
put a pic there, and let the hyperlink value open up OE or whatever their
default email program is, with the email value, a webworm can't see through
the pic.
Is this true??
Jeff

 

[Jeff]

ok, thanks...and since the asp would display the names in the html after it
is retrieved from the server.. even that would be able to be spamed....

thanks a bunch