RE: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion

2004-06-04 Thread Lea de Groot
On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 17:41:32 +1000, Alan Harrison wrote: > Mark is quite correct when he says that complex e-mail harvesters will > probably work around these methods, but it appears that most of the > harvesting is done by very basic programs that are looking only for e-mail > addresses stored in c

Re: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion

2004-06-04 Thread Mark Harwood
It does now... why not use the content: selector and set your email in there ;) Shame IE dont like Content: tho! * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on pos

RE: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion

2004-06-04 Thread Mike Pepper
Developer (with shares in Anadin) www.seowebsitepromotion.com --- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Harrison Sent: 04 June 2004 08:42 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto e

Re: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion

2004-06-04 Thread Rick Faaberg
On 6/4/04 2:05 AM "Mike Pepper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent this out: > There is no doubting professional harvesters will easily circumvent the > obfuscation. This is a damage limitation exercise. In this war of attrition, > any counter-measure is better than none. A 'What's the point attitude' is >

RE: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion

2004-06-04 Thread Mike Pepper
Developer (with shares in Anadin) www.seowebsitepromotion.com --- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Harrison Sent: 04 June 2004 08:42 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders usin

RE: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion

2004-06-04 Thread Alan Harrison
I have been using the obfuscation method for some time now, and while it may not totally eliminate spam harvesting, IMHO it certainly does slow the harvesting down. I have used the javascript method also, with the addition of a gif displaying the e-mail address for folks that have javascript disab

Re: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion

2004-06-03 Thread Mark Stanton
Guys hate to rain on your parade but if your browser can understand that obfuscation what makes you think that a email address harvestor is not going to be able to? These guys are writing complex viruses that harvest email addresses directly from people's Outlook contact lists, surely they can und

RE: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion

2004-06-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
y too long) http://www.seowebsitepromotion.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jaime W Sent: 03 June 2004 19:35 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion Ermm another question List fellows. Hop

RE: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion

2004-06-03 Thread Mike Pepper
er (with shares in Anadin) www.seowebsitepromotion.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jaime W Sent: 03 June 2004 22:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion Mike you are a gem! This tool generates codes that v

RE: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion

2004-06-03 Thread Jaime W
n.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jaime W Sent: 03 June 2004 19:35 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion Ermm another question List fellows. Hope you guys don't mind...4th question fo

RE: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion

2004-06-03 Thread Mike Pepper
n.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jaime W Sent: 03 June 2004 19:35 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion Ermm another question List fellows. Hope you guys don't mind...4th question for

[WSG] Anti-spam mailto encoders using Character Entity Evasion

2004-06-03 Thread Jaime W
Ermm another question List fellows. Hope you guys don't mind...4th question for the past 2 weeks. I am trying to use Character Entity Evasion for mailto encoding instead of JavaScript. At times it validates and at times it doesn't. Why? I have no idea. Example of Character Entity encoded email: