Email addresses are usually gathered using a "spider" http://www.whatis.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci213035,00.html , which grabs pages and takes out the email addresses on it.
Sometimes people use something like joe <AT> online.com or [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc... to prevent this. WG > -----Original Message----- > From: michael firth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 27 November 2002 00:43 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: security question > > > Hey gang out there in CF land, > > Got a question for a security application I am doing up, plus > also cure my curiousity. You see the security app I am building > I would like to include some sort of safeguard that allows or > prevents people from collecting emails, but in order to do that I > need to know how they do that process. > > I thought about it and would think that access the Registry but > am not totally sure. If anybody has any thoughts to share just > let me know. > > Mike Firth > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
