The situation could be worse. Here's the code: <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="/cgi-bin/Nomailto.pl"> <INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="user" VALUE="rhonda.bracey"> <INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="host" VALUE="cybertext.com.au"> <INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="subject" VALUE="Re: [TCP] Any good free web design software for sales manual?"> <INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="msgid" VALUE="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> Reply via email to<br> <INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE=" Rhonda Bracey "> </FORM>
Most spambots won't harvest this. If any spambot knows how this service works, it can easily harvest the address. >From a programming standpoint, it's a baffling decision, since they could have used a database token instead (email use #8934561) which would allow the same script to look up the user. What it does is kind of neat otherwise, which is redirect to a mailto: link. Not speaking in defense of the company. --- Rhonda Bracey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Lisa et al > > I don't know if this is official or not, but I just got a Google > Alert > for a posting I made on TCP, which is reproduced here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg02418.html. > > I guess of most concern is that the "Email" button at the bottom of > the > post opens Outlook with my address plain to see... Even though the > body > of the message has "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". > > Is this an official copy, or is someone harvesting the TCP messages > without your knowledge? > > I know that Bill Swallow had a bit of a fight with something similar > for > HATT a few months back. Don't know if it's the same 'service' or not. > > Rhonda > > Rhonda Bracey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.cybertext.com.au > AuthorIT Certified Consultant > > ______________________________________________ > > Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. > New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help > technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. > > > Interactive 3D Documentation > Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. > www.i3deverywhere.com > _______________________________________________ > > Technical Communication Professionals > > Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: > http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com > Subscribe (email): send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com > http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
