On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 11:54:00AM +0000, Richard Porter wrote: > On 21 Feb 2011 Erving wrote: > > > Why is it that > > > http://www.brentfordhighstreet.com//index.php?option=com_mtree&task=vi > > ewlink&link_id=49&Itemid= > > > viewed with Firefox displays the E-mail address > > but with NetSurf there is just a blank space? > > I haven't looked at it, but I suspect they're using javascript to > display the address in the hope that spambots won't pick it up. I'd be > very surprised if any self-respecting spambot would baulk at a little > bit of javascript.
And indeed they don't. Firstly, it's not a common method of harvesting anymore (they just blat the mail server with a million random addresses in the hope one will stick), and secondly rendering engines are fast enough these days that when spidering, they just lay it out and scrape the result. B.
