--- "Barry A. Warsaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>>> "PS" == Paul Schreiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > PS> While I'm on the topic.... > PS> > http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/spamstopper.html > > PS> That utility translates all the characters in an email address > PS> to character entities, something spambots aren't likely to > PS> pick up on. for now, anyway. > > PS> i.e. mailman could incorporate something like this. > > Interesting, except that I suspect the mailto: is a dead giveaway. > Seems like something the harvesters could easily adjust for and > detect, so I don't see the value in spending time implementing it.
Yes,, but you can encode the "mailto:"; as well, like so: <a href="mailto:joe@aol.com">me</a> I would guess most spambots are pretty dumb, probably using a silly regex like <a href="mailto:([^"]+)">. Paul __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers
