I still use this approach on some sites. A few months back I set up a new site with a never-before-used contact email address that was obfuscated in this way and I have not yet received spam on the address. YMMV.
tim On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 05:46:44PM -0800, Tim Wescott wrote: > Does anyone with recent experience know if this method of obfuscating > email addresses on web pages still works to frustrate the spam-bots? > > <a href='mailto:J%6Fhn.% > 44oe@example%2Ec% > 6Fm'>John.Doe@example.com</a> > > (It encodes "[email protected]", if my sources are correct) > > It's been around forever, it would seem that the slimeballs would have > upgraded by now. > > TIA > > -- > > Tim Wescott > www.wescottdesign.com > Control & Communications systems, circuit & software design. > Phone: 503.631.7815 > Cell: 503.349.8432 > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
