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Date Posted: 07:34:37 01/25/03 Sat
Author: Christy
Subject: I think the spiders look for the @ sign (more)
In reply to: Lisa-DanceAgain 's message, "Thankyou! would this work...." on 17:25:39 01/24/03 Fri

I went to NetMechanic (www.netmechanic.com) - I signed up for their webmaster tips newsletters once upon a time, so I knew they had info about it.

http://www.netmechanic.com/news/vol4/design_no21.htm
suggested: using a JavaScript they show you on the page, using a CGI form (probably not the best solution for Lisa's site) or inserting the "character code" instead of '@'

from the site:
"This is the easiest way to thwart the email spiders, but it's also the easiest method for the spiders to detect and compensate for: simply use the "@" character in place of the @ sign in your email addresses.

Put it in your code inside a link or just as a text email address:

Link: (a href="mailto:news@netmechanic.com")
Text email: Email us at: news@netmechanic.com

Since the HTML code doesn't look like a proper email address, the email spider doesn't harvest it. But the browser understands the code and displays it on the page properly. Visitors will be able to send you mail from the linked address if they have their mail client configured to do so. Otherwise, they can cut and paste from your Web page into their mail client to email you."

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