[rtpnet-list] "hiding" e-mail addresses via forms

[Nancy Shoemaker]

For more information on using forms on RTPnet, see

http://www.shoemakergroup.com/rtpnet-030530/

notes from my talk at the conference last month. [Feel free to ask about 
clarifications on any of the three ways of processing forms that are 
discussed there. Let me know if you want a draft of "Using FormMail on 
RTPnet".]

With the first two "form handlers", the e-mail of the recipient doesn't 
appear on the page, but the full address is in the HTML source. With the 
third way of handling forms (PHP), the e-mail address can be hidden more 
completely.

-Nancy

PS: FYI - I've been "aauw at rtpnet.org" since 1996, and that address gets 
less than one spam message a day. Of course, any is too much, but I'm not 
yet incented to "hide" the e-mail addresses on RTPnet pages for the sake of 
avoiding spam.

At 07:21 AM 6/16/03 -0400, you wrote:
>At 04:11 PM 6/15/2003 -0500, Greg L. wrote:
>>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.
>
>This may work for those who don't know that the forms code contains the 
>actual email address, as I remember.
>
>But would it fool a harvest bot that is merely looking for "@" or "mailto"?
>
>
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>Michael Rulison 919/782-9576
>3256 Lewis Farm Road
>Raleigh  NC  27607-6723
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