Re[2]: [PHP] Spam Bots/E-mail Addys
| From: | Stuart Dallas | Date: | Thu, 13 Jun 2002 17:36:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re[2]: [PHP] Spam Bots/E-mail Addys | ||
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On Thursday, June 13, 2002 at 6:30:11 PM, you wrote:
> So basically, to keep the address away from bots, keep it away from
> normal users. Okay, so something like this would be more effective:
> Have a form with a hidden input of the user's alias, and an input of "E-
> mail me!", that form posts to an email.php script that uses the user's
> alias to pull the e-mail address out of the db and I suppose I could
> use JavaScript to popup a new window to enter the text of the e-mail
> and use mail() to send. Would displaying the e-mail address in that new
> window again be just as bad as displaying it on the main page?
> I realize this isn't a new idea, but I'm assuming it's more secure than
> just keeping a mailto:user@host.com link around.
Yes, that's one common way to 'hide' the email addresses.
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Stuart