I have found the method described here: <http://www.wbwip.com/wbw/emailencoder.html>
to be very effective. It won't trip up legitimate browsers and doesn't require users to remember to manually remove parts of your email address before replying. This isn't difficult, but many people forget and end up not trying a second time. Find & Replace works fine if you manually maintain your pages, but you could use a small script to automatically translate addresses if your site is dynamically generated or you collect addresses with a form. Callum Davidson </delurk> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Firshman Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 4:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ql-users] spam A QL trader (he shall remain nameless) has fallen into the classic trap of quoting literal email addresses. This might partly explain how spam so quickly found my new email address. I suggested something like: <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">email:</a> tony<dummy>@<dummy>firshman.co.uk I suspect most bots simply don't have time to be too clever in recognising email formats, and will look for a literal '@' only initially. Is there a better way of fudging the 'mailto:'? I must say I would prefer no mailto: constructs. Any suggestions on improving the disguising? -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@<surname>.co.uk http://www.firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG
