Re: [WSG] Encoded mailto links

[Dejan Kozina]

Hello list. This is what I use in my Smarty templates:

        <a href="mailto:{ #email#|escape:"hex" }">
                { #email#|escape:"hexentity" }
        </a>

With this, [EMAIL PROTECTED] becomes:
        <a href="mailto:%6d%65%40%6d%65%2e%63%6f%6d";>
                &#x6d;&#x65;&#x40;&#x6d;&#x65;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;
        </a>
It's not foolproof, but my customers are generally happy with the result.

This other trick I haven't tried yet, but sure sounds good to me:
http://www.htaccesselite.com/htaccess/use-htaccess-to-hide-mailto-links-vt181.html

I posted about this on the WebAIM list back in February and nobody seems
to have found objections to it, accessibility-wise.

djn

Rick Lecoat wrote:
> can anyone tell me what is the best accessible way (if any) of encoding
> a mailto: link? I want to make the email addresses on a site usable to
> screen reader users, but don't want them harvested by spambots. 
> 
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