It was 15/12/02 12:04 pm when Jorge Parra wrote: > Get it from Version Tracker for free. It converts the e-mail address into > ASCII code so it becomes unreadable by the "SpamBots" and the e-mail adress > can not be "harvested" from your website.
Jorge, I tried using java to fox the bots but couldn't make it work. In the end, I settled for a mailto: form page and made sure the bots can't harvest the form page by using a meta tag. This seems the way to go because it's only a matter of time before the bots can decode your ASCII code. All you have to do, it seems to me, is to tell them to look for only ASCII code in a page and particularly the code for @ and then it should be quite simple to decode it. I'm assuming at the moment the bots look for any mailto: code. So, if you have a webmaster or are about to have your website designed, I would look into having the mailto: tags taken off and a form page included for anyone wanting to contact you. BTW, I'm surprised that no one has come up with an application for removing the @ character from all emails before they're archived. Maybe the writer for SpamStopper should be approached. I suspect such utilities already exist though. Although SpamStopper is free, you can make a donation. Read the support doc if you decide to use it. --/ Shangara Singh http://www.e-pixel.co.uk Adobe Certified Expert ~ Photoshop 7.0 PortfoliosOnCD for Photographers http://www.portfoliosoncd.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
