I've set up a new e-mail address for a new site I'm working on and was wondering if putting spaces before and after the @ will keep spammers from harvesting my new e-mail address from the site. Or is there a better way to do this?
2007-10-13 04:23:14 · 7 answers · asked by Pastor Chad from JesusFreak.com 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
What about substituting (at) instead of the @ sign? Like "me (at) domainname.com"?
2007-10-13 04:30:18 · update #1
If your email is on a web site, just do a search on 'java email hider'
You can insert a java script that will hide your actual email address from email harvester software.
Sarge
2007-10-13 04:43:09 · answer #1 · answered by lchasser 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put it in an image and don't make it click able for contact and you will be fairly safe from the harvesters. Use a CONTACT form which mails to you and don't publish it is even better.
If you put in an image then do not refferrence it in an alt tag so far the harvesters haven't figured out how to read that too easy. But any form used if the email is on the site, someone will find it and may indeed publish it. I put the images in a div tag and make the div background that image, that way even the image can't be copied easily. But like number one, I tell people to use contact forms! (Be careful with them, if they are not done correctly spammers can use them to SEND mail to anyone!)
2007-10-13 07:11:42 · answer #2 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That will help stop software bots from coming to the website and finding the email address, but it isn't the best method. What I recommend is to make the email address an image, so it can be read by humans, and not bots.
You can do this in many of the image editing programs out there, like Gimp, Paint, Photoshop, etc...
Cheers,
Sean
2007-10-13 04:34:39 · answer #3 · answered by Sean 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, that won't stop them from finding the email address.
I recomend that people setup a contact form that will email the person, instead of posting the email address on the site.
2007-10-13 04:26:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Muffins
2016-05-22 05:33:24 · answer #5 · answered by tamra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, as long as people know to correct it before they try to email you, it will work most times.
2007-10-13 05:00:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it will not. But using at is one way. another is to put dot instead of the dot.
2007-10-13 04:38:37 · answer #7 · answered by Marshal Jed Cooper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋