On 6/26/06, Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Does it make much of a difference whether the email address is visible on a web page or whether there is a link to a email address when it comes to preventing spam?
Spam scrapers read the same forums we do. Anything you can thing to do to hide the address, they can think of to decode it. It's like DRM - it may dissuade the tempted, but won't be much of a deterrent to the dishonest. What is it you are trying to accomplish? If you want a "mail me" page on a web site, it's probably best to do a web form based email. Otoh, if you want a potential customer/client to get in touch with you, giving them all the info is the right way to go. At http://www.tedroche.com/contact.php, I provide all of the above, and vCard to boot. I've been fortunate that my spam on that account is pretty much handled for me by a set of filters. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
