Date: 25.06.02 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (aka "S") Time: 05:21 S> Jeff you can always replace your email address text link with S> a clickable gif of your email address, that looks like your S> email address.
This doesn't prevent bots from collecting your e-mail address. That is because bots scan through the html source and not through the final presentation of the webpage. They usually look for mailto tags (i.e. "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";) and gather the stuff between the quotes. An alternative way to present your e-mail address hiding it from bots is to have a non-clickable image of it. Bots can't pick up addresses from images (although such programms can exist) so you would be protected from those little, green and nasty fellows. Another way is to replace the at-sign as wells as the dots with similar symbols. For example, my address can be presented as: tnu<>chania,di,uoa,gr which is a nice way to prevent UBE. Note: The web interface of this list is often searched by bots so... -- [ Quote #142 from startrek collection. ] The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaser bank. -- Scotty ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
