The only way your email address will be semi-safe would be to hardcode it in the actual cfmail tag. That or set a variable.
What I did for on gig was to do a dropdown box showing the names and giving each a value. When someone submitted the form, I let a simple cfif handle the rest. The user never knew the actual email address that their request was sent to. On 12/21/06, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Depends on what you're doing, but if the email address is visible in the > source of the processed cfm page, then yes, it can be harvested. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jason Rogoz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 1:29 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: OT: harvesting email addresses > > > > Hi all > > > > I just wanted to follow up with my previous post regarding hiding email > addresses > > on form. Can email addresses be harvested off .cfm and .php pages, or are > the > > addresses invisible to the bots on server side scripts. My client says > they are > > receiving a lot of spam but i'm not sure that encoding the email address > on > > the .cfm or .php will solve anything or if spam is just part of the > internet now. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:264787 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

