OT Really cool e-mail address encoder

[gwpriester]

As many of you know, having your e-mail address on a web site is an open invitation to SPAM e-mail address spiders that range the web harvesting e-mail addresses.

Daniel Will Harris turned me onto to this product Enkoder Form 4.1

You visit this page, enter an e-mail address, and the program generates a JavaScript which you copy and paste into your web design software, that scambles the e-mail address to make it invisible from address harvesters. You can include a hover line that appears when the mouse is over the link, for example, Send e-mail, and even lets you include a subject line that will automatically appear in the Subject line of the visitor's e-mail client.

I have tried it and it works.

And. IT'S FREE so maybe it is OK that this is really Off Topic http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Gary

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[gwpriester]

As many of you know, having your e-mail address on a web site is an open invitation to SPAM e-mail address spiders that range the web harvesting e-mail addresses.

Daniel Will Harris turned me onto to this product Enkoder Form 4.1

You visit this page, enter an e-mail address, and the program generates a JavaScript which you copy and paste into your web design software, that scambles the e-mail address to make it invisible from address harvesters. You can include a hover line that appears when the mouse is over the link, for example, Send e-mail, and even lets you include a subject line that will automatically appear in the Subject line of the visitor's e-mail client.

I have tried it and it works.

And. IT'S FREE so maybe it is OK that this is really Off Topic http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Gary

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[Egg Bramhill]

Thanks Gary. Spam and viruses are a real pain. This is a simple solution.
Why has it become non PC to post OT subjects? We all learn every day and no one is forced to follow a thread.
Egg

[RAMWolff44]

Thanks Gary for the link!!

OT any time you want buddy!! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Richard http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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[Organ Donor]

OT is off topic?

Dave Cowles AKA Organ Donor

www.3DCaricatures.com
Spartanburg, SC

[gwpriester]

There was some recent discussion as to whether things like this are more appropriate to the new Gear forum which was my point.

I think it is perfectly appropriate to anyone in this conference who wants to mask an e-mail address. And unlike some clunky earlier JavaScripted efforts, this one is really useful and practical. The subject line is terrific too.

Gary

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[raffon]

Since we all hate SPAM (except some Monty Python characters)I found this tidbit on why we get so much and how to combat it.


"Every day, millions of people receive dozens of unsolicited commercial e-mails (UCE), known popularly as "spam." Some users see spam as a minor annoyance, while others are so overwhelmed with spam that they are forced to switch e-mail addresses. This has led many Internet users to wonder: How did these people get my e-mail address?

In the summer of 2002, CDT embarked on a project to attempt to determine the source of spam. To do so, we set up hundreds of different e-mail addresses, used them for a single purpose, and then waited six months to see what kind of mail those addresses were receiving. It should come as no surprise to most e-mail users that many of the addresses CDT created for this study attracted spam, but it is very interesting to see the different ways that e-mail addresses attracted spam -- and the different volumes -- depending on where the e-mail addresses were used.

The results offer Internet users insights about what online behavior results in the most spam. The results also debunk some of the myths about spam"



http://www.cdt.org/speech/spam/030319spamreport.shtml

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[dalel]

Thanks for the great resource!

Grant,

I will be referring to that webpage a lot for telling others how to avoid getting spam. Thanks so much.

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