Re: Email Scavengers
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 50497
interpreted = N
texte = I am going to say this at the beginning. I think that most email spiders will have either evolved or are evolving and not sure how long any of these suggestions will actually help.That being said here is what I suggest.1. Use Special HTML CharactersLink:
Email Us!Text email: Email us at: spamsucks@inkblotmedia.com- or -2. Hide Email Addresses With JavaScript----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Strong
To: WebDNA Talk Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 8:39 AM Subject: Re: Email Scavengers > Someone posted a great javascript for this to the list last time we talked about this... it would > turn up in a good search through the talk archives, I'm sure... > > -Dan > > > On Tue, 20 May 2003 10:37:42 > Gary Krockover wrote: > >Few suggestions: > > > >1. Make your email address a graphic, of course people won't be able to > >click on it to email you unless you make it a mailto link which would defeat > >the purpose. > > > >2. Use a form to email where the sendto address comes out of a database. > > > >3. There's some javascripts that will scramble the email address so that > >it is readable on screen but the code behind the scenes is scrambled. I'll > >try to dig up a link to one of these. > > > >I'm sure there's many others, those come to mind first. > > > >GK > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of > >Marc Kaiwi > >Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 10:29 AM > >To: WebDNA Talk > >Subject: Email Scavengers > > > > > >This may be old hat to some of you. > > > >I'm looking for the most effective way to post an email address on a > >web page in a way that would make it most difficult for the email > >scavengers to collect. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I want to > >prevent the spammers from automatically searching and collecting email > >addresses. > > > >Any suggestions or tips appreciated. > > > > > >Thanks, > > > >MK > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > >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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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I am going to say this at the beginning. I think that most email spiders will have either evolved or are evolving and not sure how long any of these suggestions will actually help.That being said here is what I suggest.1. Use Special HTML CharactersLink: Email Us!Text email: Email us at: spamsucks@inkblotmedia.com- or -2. Hide Email Addresses With JavaScript----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Strong To: WebDNA Talk Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 8:39 AM Subject: Re: Email Scavengers > Someone posted a great javascript for this to the list last time we talked about this... it would > turn up in a good search through the talk archives, I'm sure... > > -Dan > > > On Tue, 20 May 2003 10:37:42 > Gary Krockover wrote: > >Few suggestions: > > > >1. Make your email address a graphic, of course people won't be able to > >click on it to email you unless you make it a mailto link which would defeat > >the purpose. > > > >2. Use a form to email where the sendto address comes out of a database. > > > >3. There's some javascripts that will scramble the email address so that > >it is readable on screen but the code behind the scenes is scrambled. I'll > >try to dig up a link to one of these. > > > >I'm sure there's many others, those come to mind first. > > > >GK > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of > >Marc Kaiwi > >Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 10:29 AM > >To: WebDNA Talk > >Subject: Email Scavengers > > > > > >This may be old hat to some of you. > > > >I'm looking for the most effective way to post an email address on a > >web page in a way that would make it most difficult for the email > >scavengers to collect. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I want to > >prevent the spammers from automatically searching and collecting email > >addresses. > > > >Any suggestions or tips appreciated. > > > > > >Thanks, > > > >MK > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > >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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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