Encoding email addresses

[Gordon]

Hi...

A touch off-topic, but do the web designers here encode the email links on
their sites - and does this really stop spammers harvesting addresses?

Gordon





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[chris leeds]

try this:
http://www.wbwip.com/wbw/emailencoder.html

 

[Gordon]

try this:
http://www.wbwip.com/wbw/emailencoder.html

Thanks, Chris - I'm wondering whether other folks actually use these
encoding techniques..

Gordon

 

[jim evans]

A touch off-topic, but do the web designers here encode the email links on
their sites - and does this really stop spammers harvesting addresses?

Here's a utility I wrote to do this. It does require the user have
JavaScript enabled. If they don't the get a message explaining

"Email uses JavaScript to defend against SPAM.
You must enable JavaScript to contact me"

http://www.factsfacts.com/EmailMask

I am not expert on this, but I have read that using ascii and hex
encoding is not very secure. Specifically it isn't as secure as
JavaScript.

jim