[Javascript] Hiding email addresses
John Warner
john at jwarner.com
Thu Sep 28 07:52:22 CDT 2006
So at the bottom of this discussion, what is the consensus best way to
include contact info but 'discourage' spambots?
John Warner
> -----Original Message-----
> From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu
> [mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu] On Behalf Of David Dorward
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 3:16 AM
> To: [JavaScript List]
> Subject: Re: [Javascript] Hiding email addresses
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 03:06:13PM +0900, Scott Petersen wrote:
> > <p><a href="#" onclick="mailsomething(0)">Send Mail</a></p>
>
> > This should send mail to BigBoy at someDomain.com. My question
> is: Does
> > this really slow down the address collectors?
>
> It probably slows down some ... but its really not hard to
> write a bot that can handle Javascript. I put together a
> proof of concept earlier this year,
> http://blog.dorward.me.uk/2006/02/02/spambots_that_drink_coff> ee.html
>
> (That won't cover your particular code, but its just a proof
> of concept).
>
> The code you provided would also leave users without
> JavaScript unable to contact you, and make it rather
> difficult to copy/paste the email address (e.g. for users of
> webmail services).
>
> --
> David Dorward
http://dorward.me.uk
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