Re: Hiding Email Addresses
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = >In terms of bots and the like, what would be the effect of simply having the >email address as a hidden text variable. >ie. [text show=f]email_address=test@test.com[/text] >Email: [email_address]>Would the bot read the actual email address?Yes, when it is given to the browser via WebDNA as: Email: test@test.com-Dan On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:55:26 -0800 Brian Fries
wrote: >The bot, like any browser, will never see [email_address] because WebDNA will stick the value >of that variable there before the page leaves your server. No browser, human or bot, will ever >see your DNA code (unless you have some drastic configuration problem or intentionally wrap the >code in [raw]). A bot sees exactly what you see if you load a page in your browser then view >source. > >- brian > >On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 10:36 PM, Tim Robinson wrote: > >>In terms of bots and the like, what would be the effect of simply >>having the >>email address as a hidden text variable. >>ie. [text show=f]email_address=test@test.com[/text] >>Email: [email_address] >> >>Would the bot read the actual email address? >> >>Tim >> >> >>>From: Bob Minor >>>Reply-To: (WebDNA Talk) >>>Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 23:37:25 -0600 >>>To: (WebDNA Talk) >>>Subject: Re: Hiding Email Addresses >>> >>>Javascript is a worthwhile solutions assembling the address on the >>>page >>>via document.write syntax. It gets your email on the page, clickable >>>and not readable by a page scanner >>>On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 04:54 PM, Marko Bernyk wrote: >>> >>>>Well you can always use a graphice file if you just want to display >>>>the address on a page... >>>>This at least will hide the email from the bots but still display it >>>>to a user. >>>>...use this inconjuction with a form >>>Robert Minor > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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>In terms of bots and the like, what would be the effect of simply having the >email address as a hidden text variable. >ie. [text show=f]email_address=test@test.com[/text] >Email: [email_address]>Would the bot read the actual email address?Yes, when it is given to the browser via WebDNA as: Email: test@test.com-Dan On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:55:26 -0800 Brian Fries wrote: >The bot, like any browser, will never see [email_address] because WebDNA will stick the value >of that variable there before the page leaves your server. No browser, human or bot, will ever >see your DNA code (unless you have some drastic configuration problem or intentionally wrap the >code in [raw]). A bot sees exactly what you see if you load a page in your browser then view >source. > >- brian > >On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 10:36 PM, Tim Robinson wrote: > >>In terms of bots and the like, what would be the effect of simply >>having the >>email address as a hidden text variable. >>ie. [text show=f]email_address=test@test.com[/text] >>Email: [email_address] >> >>Would the bot read the actual email address? >> >>Tim >> >> >>>From: Bob Minor >>>Reply-To: (WebDNA Talk) >>>Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 23:37:25 -0600 >>>To: (WebDNA Talk) >>>Subject: Re: Hiding Email Addresses >>> >>>Javascript is a worthwhile solutions assembling the address on the >>>page >>>via document.write syntax. It gets your email on the page, clickable >>>and not readable by a page scanner >>>On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 04:54 PM, Marko Bernyk wrote: >>> >>>>Well you can always use a graphice file if you just want to display >>>>the address on a page... >>>>This at least will hide the email from the bots but still display it >>>>to a user. >>>>...use this inconjuction with a form >>>Robert Minor > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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