RE: [wdvltalk] Email addresses on websites

2007-05-18 Thread Peter MacGregor
Obviously, Cheryl, you were demanding coffee faster than the equipment could cope! LOL Peter MacGregor At 14:16 18/05/2007, you wrote: Power went out just as I wrote that and I forgot to g back and check. An electrical substation just a couple of blocks from the Starbuck's I was at had a "boom

RE: [wdvltalk] Email addresses on websites

2007-05-18 Thread Cheryl D Wise
Power went out just as I wrote that and I forgot to g back and check. An electrical substation just a couple of blocks from the Starbuck's I was at had a "boom". Nice little mushroom cloud of very, very black smoke with an "interesting" smell. Fortunately, the whole substation didn't catch fire a

RE: [wdvltalk] Email addresses on websites

2007-05-17 Thread Cheryl D Wise
I've got some client's who want an email address on their site for credibility. I recommend a form but that D not something inside on. Cheryl D Wise MS MVP FrontPage http://by-expression.com http://starttoweb.com Foundations of Microsoft Expression Web: The Basics and Beyond -Original Mes

RE: [wdvltalk] Email addresses on websites

2007-05-17 Thread Conyers, Dwayne
We tried an encoded e-mail that the bots and spammers decoded. We tried web form that was getting all types of spam... From porn and v ampersand agra to sales pitches for hand-carved wood toys from China... Finally, we said if you want to contact us... Send us a letter via USPS. -- I made magi

Re: [wdvltalk] Email addresses on websites

2007-05-17 Thread Sheila Fenelon
Todd Richards wrote: Thanks Ross. This is an interesting article: http://accessfp.net/protect-your-email-address.htm I tested one of my pages without the mailto: link and it still found the address on the page. Here is a way to test a page: http://willmaster.com/possibilities/demo/RetrieveEmail

RE: [wdvltalk] Email addresses on websites

2007-05-17 Thread Digital Mouse Designs
At 01:42 PM 5/17/2007, you wrote: OK, I see how you can do it, but that's a very frustrating thing when I go to a site is not being able to find a way to email them. That's what contact forms are for. My experience is that the Mom'n'Pop - homemade sites who don't use a real designer use ema

RE: [wdvltalk] Email addresses on websites

2007-05-17 Thread Todd Richards
that answered my question! Sucks that we even have to worry about this! Todd -Original Message- From: Ross Clutterbuck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 1:35 PM To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] Email addresses on websites Todd: If it's your c

RE: [wdvltalk] Email addresses on websites

2007-05-17 Thread Todd Richards
gets better! :) Todd -Original Message- From: Digital Mouse Designs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 1:13 PM To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: RE: [wdvltalk] Email addresses on websites At 12:58 PM 5/17/2007, you wrote: >Thanks Deb. I think we need to

Re: [wdvltalk] Email addresses on websites

2007-05-17 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
Todd: If it's your client who wants to put the address on the site then it might be an idea to go over the risks with them and suggest the PHP contact form. If it's you who wants to put it on (and we can't talk you out of it lol) then you could try populating a clickable mail link using a PHP

RE: [wdvltalk] Email addresses on websites

2007-05-17 Thread Digital Mouse Designs
At 12:58 PM 5/17/2007, you wrote: Thanks Deb. I think we need to put the email addresses on the site, but perhaps not in "mailto:"; tags. Is that what the bots look at when scanning? I can't say for sure what they specifically look for but if you feel strongly about putting the email on th

RE: [wdvltalk] Email addresses on websites

2007-05-17 Thread Todd Richards
: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] Email addresses on websites At 11:21 AM 5/17/2007, you wrote: >Just finishing up a site, and I was wondering - are most people still >putting email addresses up on a site, and if so, are they encrypted? I >thought I heard from somewhere tha

Re: [wdvltalk] Email addresses on websites

2007-05-17 Thread Digital Mouse Designs
At 11:21 AM 5/17/2007, you wrote: Just finishing up a site, and I was wondering - are most people still putting email addresses up on a site, and if so, are they encrypted? I thought I heard from somewhere that was a primary way that spammers were getting addresses. If anyone has any opinions o