[rtpnet-list] FormMail and more on hiding e-mail addresses

[Judy Hallman]

To RTPnet list:

With many thanks to Nancy Shoemaker, FormMail is now online at
http://www.rtpnet.org/rtpnet/provider/FormMail.shtml
and there is a link to it from
http://www.rtpnet.org/rtpnet/provider/

FormMail is much easier to use for online data collection than gform.

I've also added a section to
Instructions for Creating and Maintaining Web Pages on RTPnet
on Hiding E-mail Addresses from Spammers, using the information provided
on this list last month. See
http://www.rtpnet.org/rtpnet/provider/general.shtml#hide

Judy Hallman (hallman at rtpnet.org, http://www.rtpnet.org/hallman)
Executive Director, RTPnet, NC (http://www.RTPnet.org/)
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On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Nancy Shoemaker wrote:

> 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.