> URLEncoding email address to stop email harvesting? > I want to urlencode email addresses in my CF code to prevent email > harvesting and seem to have trouble sending email when the address is > encoded. > --------------------------- > <CFMAIL > TO="%64%61%76%65%2E%62%6F%73%6B%79%40%68%74%63%69%6E%63%2E%6E%65%74" > FROM="%64%61%76%65%2E%62%6F%73%6B%79%40%68%74%63%69%6E%63%2E%6E%65%74" > SUBJECT="Test-Encoded" > TYOE="html"> > Test > </CFMAIL> > --------------------------- > Will I have to pass the encode email address to a script that will decode > it > before sending the mail?
There's no significant reason why you should need or want to pass a URLEncoded email address to a <cfmail> tag like this -- there's no way that a web-spider could ever see the <cfmail> tag or its contents ( well -- there are ways, but they require the CF Server to be _broken_ first, in which case the solution is to fix the server, which you're going to be working on very fervently anyway ) ... Sure it's possible to URLEncode email addresses before they enter the database, however, I would probably stay away from that approach and simply URLEncode any email addresses which end up displayed on the public pages of your website, i.e. <a href="mailto:#urlencodedformat(myquery.email)#">Send Us Email</a> I'm not certain but I think placing the values outside the href, i.e. betwee <a> and </a> in urlencodedformat may also be somewhat problematic. hth S. Isaac Dealey Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer www.turnkey.to 954-776-0046 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
