Here is a page with an example of the source: http://cf4em.com/cf4em/index.cfm?mainaction=posts&forumid=2&threadid=63
The last post has my email address in the last sentence. This is what the source of that mailto link looks like: <a href="mailto:bobby@cf&# 52em.com">bobby@cf4e m.com</a> .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com http://cf4em.com -----Original Message----- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:bo...@acoderslife.com] Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 11:04 PM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: Hiding email address from spiders I wrote this a while back for cF4em. /************************************************************************/ /** * TextToAsc will convert a string to its ascii eqivalent. Perfect for encrypting mailto links to hide them from anything other than a human. * * @param str String to convert * @author Bobby Hartsfield (bo...@acoderslife.com) * @version 1 * @created May 04, 2007 */ function disguiseemail(str) { var tmpstr = ""; for (i=1; i lte len(str); i=i+1) { tmpstr = tmpstr & "&##" & asc(mid(str, i, 1)); } return tmpstr; } /************************************************************************/ you can wrap the entire href value with it (including the mailto: portion) to mask the emails. something like... <a href="#disguiseemail('mailto:some...@email.com')#"> #disguiseemail('some...@email.com')#</a> .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com http://cf4em.com -----Original Message----- From: Jenny Gavin-Wear [mailto:jenn...@fasttrackonline.co.uk] Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 9:09 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Hiding email address from spiders I have a client using a CMS I've built and they are using a lot of email addresses in the content. As I can search/replace content, I am wondering what is the best way to "hide" them from the spiders? tia, Jenny Gavin-Wear Fast Track Online Tel: 01262 602013 http://www.fasttrackonline.co.uk/ -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 4302 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:348012 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
