Re: Email Antispam

From: Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:32:52 +0000
Subject: Re: Email Antispam
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"David Mehler" <dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote in message news:CAPORhP5Cuzd0Hb9gBFLESNe5LofDODN64S2UOAuMWCb=zohn0g@mail.gmail.com... > Hello, > > I'm working on a site that has email addresses on it. I am not wanting > to use mailto links so as to avoid spam harvesters, I'd like another > solution so that mailto links would work but would not work with > spammers. I've tried several javascript-based solutions, but am not > able to get them to be consistent. It seems like once they're used > they revert to coded links. If anyone has any solutions I'd appreciate > it. I'm not sure I can do this in php, generate email addresses > dynamically then pass them to the client, it would be the same as the > spammer hitting the page. I'd prefer something self-hosted and > preferably light on the resources. > > Thanks. > Dave. Why not just put the contact's name/info on screen and then use the database behind it all to go get the email address and build the mail? Assuming that the site is using a db to hold these addresses already.

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