Encoding email addresses

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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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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?
Click to expand...

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
 
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