One useful yet widely unused method of preventing e-mail spam is to use Javascript. Many people post regular mailto: links which can be used by spam bots to snatch up your e-mail address.
Here is a quick example of a basic Javascript E-Mail Link:
<a href="#" onClick="window.location='mailto:email@example.com';">E-Mail Me</a>But there is a big problem with that… it still displays your e-mail address. Spam bots will read in the content of your site and when it sees text in the format of an e-mail addy it will read it in. So why not split things up a bit?
<a href="#" onClick="window.location='mailto:email' + '@' + 'example.com';">E-Mail Me</a>I can’t guarantee that it is flawless, but since most spam bots disable Javascript you should be safe from 99% of them. Oh, and don’t forget that if your user has Javascript disabled it won’t work, which is why I prefer contact forms.
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March 28th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
This is actually better:
<script language = "javascript" type="text/JavaScript">
<!–
var username = "user";
var hostname = "yourdomain.com"
var linktext = username + "@" + hostname;
document.write ("<a href=" + "mail" + "to:" + username + "@" + hostname + ">" + linktext + "</a>")
//–>
</script>
March 28th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
True, you could even use the DOM methods for adding elements.
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:22 pm
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