[rtpnet-list] "hiding" e-mail addresses on Web pages

[Greg Lytle]

Another way to work around this is to convert to forms for handling 
correspondence. It provides a more convenient method and greater security 
by keeping the recipient address(s) hidden.

At 03:56 PM 6/15/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>To rtpnet-list and TACT list:
>
>On Web pages where I have e-mail addresses (other than info at rtpnet.org or
>my address), I'm replacing "@" with " at ", so username at rtpnet.org becomes
>username at rtpnet.org.
>
>It might help cut down on the amount of spam you get.
>See "Why Am I Getting All This Spam?
>        Unsolicited Commercial E-mail
>        Research Six Month Report"
>at http://www.cdt.org/speech/spam/030319spamreport.shtml
>
>It says:
>   Our analysis indicated that e-mail addresses posted on Web sites or in 
> newsgroups
>   attract the most spam.
>
>I'm leaving info at rtpnet.org because I think it's important that people be
>able to contact us. I'm getting used to the spam. I wouldn't know what to
>do if my mailbox was empty every morning.
>
>By the way, I put a link to the report on
>http://www.rtpnet.org/comp/internet.shtml
>
>Judy Hallman (hallman at rtpnet.org, http://www.rtpnet.org/hallman)
>Executive Director, RTPnet, NC (http://www.RTPnet.org/)
>
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