Precisely.
Where I work, we deal with thousands of students around the world, and we
rarely receive spam - I don't know what particular program our techs are
using server-side, but it works. I can find out if you're really interested.
I am using Gmail for my personal email and business, which is
On Jun 16, 2008, at 4:25 AM, Joseph Ortenzi wrote:
BTW: which javascript solution did you try that you can recommend?
I have used Enkoder for many years for sites I buildt. Not sure about
clients' sites, but I am pretty sure I never get a spam for that
particular email address (it's one I
Personally I prefer:
A form
Above form alternate:
email link (encrypted) myemail (at) mydomain.com
Bases covered!
Bruce
bkdesign
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Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 11:01 AM
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> So does everyone agree that the form is the best option for entire
cross - situation compatibility?
>
> James
I think that is really an individual decision - a simple contact form on
its own has a number of usability issues, which are well documented
elsewhere. For the user there is the lack o
without flash player.
So does everyone agree that the form is the best option for entire cross -
situation compatibility?
James
> Subject: RE: [WSG] a good practise for adding email link (mailto)?
> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:41:33 +0100
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> To: wsg@webstanda
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Subject: Re: [WSG] a good practise for adding email link (mailto)?
Dear Chris,
I could not said it better myself. I am alone front end developer and
technical responsible for the projects
we are creating in the company i work. I have tried to implement web
standards, accessibility a
#x27;
instead of the quick way, but still not nearly as well documented.
Mike
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>To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
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Dear Chris,
I could not said it better myself. I am alone front end developer and
technical responsible for the projects
we are creating in the company i work. I have tried to implement web
standards, accessibility and usability
for the last 2 years but sometimes I am just chopped by the shoul
On 16 Jun 2008, at 14:19, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Rubbish.
I have plenty of experience of commercial-grade spam filters, and
when 95% of received mail is spam, you don't have a hope of getting
it all, unless you want to block a significant portion of legitimate
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(mailto)?
A decent spam filter will get rid of most, if not all, of the
junk
Michael said:
> Are you willing to work 3 days extra for each project to implement the
> usability / accessibility regulations in order to follow the web standard
> in order to create a better website that the client will not pay for or
> even understand what they are paying for...??
I try to quot
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Sent: 16 June 2008 10:53
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] a good practise for adding email link (mailto)?
The best way is a form that also has a secure SPAM code or just
make a
From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Fuji kusaka
*Sent:* 13 June 2008 05:23
*To:* wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
*Subject:* Re: [WSG] a good practise for adding email link (mailto)?
Hi
The best way is to encrypt the email address and make use of a js.
This will avoid l
al Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Persson
Sent: 16 June 2008 10:53
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] a good practise for adding email link (mailto)?
The best way is a form that also has a secure SPAM code or just make a image
. I
>> wouldn't either.
>>
>> It's not possible to make everyone happy. Use your best judgment.
>>
>> -- Marcello :-)
>>
>>
>> ---Original Message---
>>> From: Chris Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Subject: RE: [WSG]
--Original Message---
From: Chris Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [WSG] a good practise for adding email link (mailto)?
Sent: Jun 16 '08 10:18
Michael,
What if JavaScript isn't enabled or available on my smartphone? I
presume your websites are not for people accessing
not possible to make everyone happy. Use your best judgment.
>
> -- Marcello :-)
>
>
> > ---Original Message---
> > From: Chris Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: RE: [WSG] a good practise for adding email link (mailto)?
> > Sent: Jun 16 '0
Bottomline, what's the best solution?
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 4:42 PM, David Dorward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On 16 Jun 2008, at 11:58, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> My 2 cents: I'm one of those "standards freaks". But when my clients
>> became overwhelmed with
On 16 Jun 2008, at 11:58, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
My 2 cents: I'm one of those "standards freaks". But when my clients
became overwhelmed with SPAM from their contact forms I had to bend
the rules. And when I say "overwhelmed" I'm talking about several
hundred SPA
to make everyone happy. Use your best judgment.
-- Marcello :-)
> ---Original Message---
> From: Chris Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: [WSG] a good practise for adding email link (mailto)?
> Sent: Jun 16 '08 10:18
>
> Michael,
>
> What if JavaSc
om:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
] *On Behalf Of *Fuji kusaka
*Sent:* 13 June 2008 05:23
*To:* wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
*Subject:* Re: [WSG] a good practise for adding email link (mailto)?
Hi
The best way is to encrypt the email address and make use of a js.
This will avoid l
:* wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
*Subject:* Re: [WSG] a good practise for adding email link (mailto)?
Hi
The best way is to encrypt the email address and make use of a js.
This will avoid loads of problems specially spamming.
This is simple just follow the instructions here
http://jumk.de/n
mers) who can't use yours.
Chris
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Persson
Sent: 16 June 2008 10:53
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] a good practise for adding email link (mailto)?
The best way is a form th
I guess it depends on the clients you have. We have several sites
getting over 100,000 hits a day, with around 5% of users not having
JavaScript enabled. To prevent this number of people from contacting us
is completely out of the question.
My belief is that the internet is for users, and as web de
rg
*Subject:* Re: [WSG] a good practise for adding email link (mailto)?
Hi
The best way is to encrypt the email address and make use of a js.
This will avoid loads of problems specially spamming.
This is simple just follow the instructions here
http://jumk.de/nospam/stopspam.html
Fuji
On
e
accessible for everyone.
J
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Fuji kusaka
Sent: 13 June 2008 05:23
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] a good practise for adding email link (mailto)?
Hi
The best way is to encrypt the emai
I'll choose the secure "contact form" if there is a fully accessible one..
On 6/13/08, Fuji kusaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> The best way is to encrypt the email address and make use of a js. This
> will avoid loads of problems specially spamming.
>
> This is simple just follow the ins
Hi
The best way is to encrypt the email address and make use of a js. This will
avoid loads of problems specially spamming.
This is simple just follow the instructions here
http://jumk.de/nospam/stopspam.html
Fuji
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 6:22 AM, tee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is one
Right. Making sure the actual email address is used in the mailto is
important - 'contact us' ones do frustrate me, but there are plugins for
browsers like Firefox that allow such links to be redirected to my webmail
(Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) rather than Outlook. The address will appear in
the s
Hi Jason,
Thanks for the response. My question however isn't about using mailto
draws attention to spam, but the mailto (direct email link) causes
problem for people who use no email client, because when you click on
the link, it wants to open up an email client. Some people find this
ann
I have used mailto: on the websites I have designed, which usually include a
reference to my email and I haven't really had issues with spam. Spam
filters on Gmail seem to be doing a fine job of filtering out the mail I
don't want to see, so I'm not all that concerned about having my email
address
This is one of the thing I can't decide. At time, it seemed nothing
wrong to have an email link (js encrypted, not mailto that shows email
address nakely to Mr. Spam King), but as many people are actually
using webmail, or sometimes access websites via public computer
(internet cafe or libr
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