Re: protecting email addresses on a web site

On Nov 16, 2010, at 4:02 PM, Bastien Koert wrote: > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Grega Leskovšek <legrega@gmail.com> wrote: >> I tried this: >> <?php echo "<span >> >> class=\"safety\">sss>a/<moc.liamg@ood.sulpcoj<\"moc.liamg@ood.sulpcoj:otliam\"=ferh >> a></span>"; >> ?> >> and css: >> .safety { direction:rtl; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; } >> for the address jocplus.doo@gmail.com >> but I haven't managed it to display properly >> Could someone please direct me, I believe if I put the >> <a class="safety" >> href="mailto:jocplus.doo@gmail.com">vicaversa</a>... >> it does not really protect the email address, because in mailto: >> it >> has to be as defined jocplus.doo@gmail.com >> Thanks, >> -- When the sun rises I receive and when it sets I forgive -> >> http://moj.skavt.net/gleskovs/ >> Always in Heart, Grega Leskovšek >> >> >> >> >> 2010/6/15 Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk>: >>> On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 13:02 -0400, HallMarc Websites wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk] >>>> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 10:52 AM >>>> To: Dotan Cohen >>>> Cc: HallMarc Websites; David Mehler; php-general >>>> Subject: Re: [PHP] protecting email addresses on a web site >>>> >>>> On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 17:50 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 14 June 2010 15:36, HallMarc Websites <sales@hallmarcwebsites.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> Another is a CSS solution where you type the email address backwards and >>>>>> then use the CSS style declaration: >>>>>> style="direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: bidi-override;" >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> How does that work with screen readers? How about copy-paste? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I don't think there's an accessible way of doing this. Anything that >>>> allows a screen reader to speak the email address would also be >>>> susceptible to spammers email scrapers. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Ash >>>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Copy-n-paste just gives you the email address backwards; screen readers, >>>> because we are using logical ordering and it is stored in memory the way we >>>> expect to read it, will read it correctly. >>>> >>>> I was not aware that email harvesters used screen readers. Do you have some >>>> documentation I could read to get up to speed on this? >>>> >>>> Marc Hall >>>> HallMarc Websites >>>> So many spammers, so few bullets... >>>> >>>> >>>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >>>> database 5199 (20100615) __________ >>>> >>>> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >>>> >>>> http://www.eset.com >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> I didn't say the harvesters used screen readers. I'm saying that if >>> something is in plain text that a screen reader can understand, what's >>> to stop an email address harvester? It's not worth their time to analyse >>> every image (think about where Google is with image searching right now, >>> and they have a lot more resources at their disposal) but it is easy >>> enough to read text in a web page. At a push, it's possible to believe >>> that some might be using rendered CSS to see how an email is rendered. >>> >>> Thing is, it's nigh on impossible to hide an email address. Use it once >>> on a mailing list like this and it's there for the whole world to see on >>> archive listings. I even though that my email wouldn't be found in >>> a .pdf CV I'd made, but thanks to Google it is now! >>> >>> Basically, it might not be worth the effort to hide email addresses, and >>> instead see about setting up spam filtering at the server level. You >>> don't have to download and filter it your end, and it saves on >>> bandwidth. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ash >>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > > Why not just make a simple contact form and never show the address? > A simple javascript can obfuscate the mailto: url and display text say of the form your.name at yourdomain.com Tom