On 19 Feb 2018 Tim Hill <t...@timil.com> wrote: > In article <3d20e8cc56.pnyo...@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk>, Peter Young > <pnyo...@ormail.co.uk> wrote:
> [Snip] >> It works here with a plain email address. See on >> http://www.cheltglosntc.btck.co.uk/Walkinggroup where clicking my >> email address opens an email in MPro correctly. > Yes, that's a plain vanilla mailto: link which some people think gifts > your address to spammers. Do you receive lots of spam? No, not a huge amount. What I get is mostly on newsgroups, not via email. I think the Orpheus Internet filters are pretty good. >> I realise that not everyone is keen on having their email addresses on >> websites, but this is the only way it can be done on this site. I >> wouldn't know a cgi-bin if in bit me. > Coincidentally, I have just been adding 'munge' to > http://timil.com/riscos and IME this conversion of a mailto link into > entities seems enough to prevent harvesting by spammers. Or the ones that > do are so useless it doesn't even reach me! I don't think I can do that on the above site, but., as I said above, it's not a great deal of a worry for me. Best wishes, Peter. -- Peter Young (zfc Pt) and family Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52, England http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk pnyo...@ormail.co.uk
