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#226924 05/29/2009 1:50 PM
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The current system of entering an email link -- or even just typing an email address in plain text -- does nothing to thwart nefarious spiders from harvesting them. I have utilized various methods on my own in the past (as well as currently), but perhaps a built-in system to obfuscate an email address could be implemented in v8?

Right now, I use the active text to replace @ with
HTML
<span class='email'>snugglebunny</span>&ordf;<sup>t</sup><span class='email'>owns</span>
where the email class is display:none;

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I agree 1000%! Many of my members don't realize that when they post their email address in the open, it allows spam bots to harvest their email address. One thing I do to help is similar to what you do. I use active text to replace the @ with a .gif image of the @ sign:
@|<img src="http://www.myforum.com/forum/images/general/default/atsign.gif">

That works if someone types in an email addy direct in a post but doesn't seem to work if they use the email icon in the editor.




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I've read that a lot of bots have gotten wise the whole graphic @ thing.

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indeed - it has been cracked.

Perhaps adding the ability to add some simple questions like...

'What is the Christian name of the Queen of England?' or 'what is the colour of an orange?'

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Why not just use a mail form to contact the users through the public side of the web site ayy?

You do an email like a private message and then it sends it to them. Simple.

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In my case, most of the time, an email address is being posted because they are putting up the contact information of drum corps directors or other instructors to contact for openings in a drum corps... so it's a 3rd party kind of thing.


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