mailto link obfuscation
"Guy Macon" <[email protected]> Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:06:03 -0700
| Newsgroups | gmane.mail.spam.spamcop.geeks |
|---|---|
| Organization | http://www.guymacon.com/ |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
I am about to redo the mailto link obfuscation on my webpage at [ http://www.guymacon.com/ ], and would like to hear any comments, suggestion, brickbats and flames concerning how I do it. The link is at the top of [ http://www.guymacon.com/ ], and the HTML is as follows (line breaks added for newsgroup posting): <a href="mailto:GuyMac on+Y2006@SpamCop .Net;?&subject=[Y2006]: %3F%3F%3F%3F <-- Insert Subject Here.&body=%5BY2006%5D%3A%20%3C--%20Do%20not%20remove%20 this%3B%20it%20tells%20my%20filters%20that%20this%20is%20not%20spam."> Guy<!-- @. -->Maco<!-- [email protected] --> n+Y<span class="rtl">60<!-- [email protected] -->02 </span>@Sp<!-- [email protected] -->am<!-- spam [email protected] -->Cop.<!-- spamtrap@spambouncer. org -->Net</a> ...and the CSS invoked by the spans is as follows: @media screen { .rtl { unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: rtl; } } Geeky enough for you? :) Feel free to send me test emails to test the link. Note that you see one email address on the screen and when clicking the link, and another when reading a printout of the page or when you cut and paste the email address into a document. I get both emails and have different filtering rules for each. So far, no spambot has harvested either of the two email addresses. I am considering making the following changes: [1] instead of the current two email addresses, make five of them with a different address depending on whether you click the mailto without Javascript, click the mailto with Javascript, type in what you see on the screen, type in what you see on a printout, or cut and paste from the screen. [3] Put in a way to reach me through a form in addition to the mailto. [3] Use my own domain name instead of spamcop.net, and send the email to a tuffmail server instead of the spamcop server. As much as I like the spamcop mail system, tuffmail has better features for my needs. [4] Use a "-" character instead of the current "+" character. Comments welcome.