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SubjectRe: bkbits - "@" question
On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 12:59:43 +0200, Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 12:14:52PM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > > > * Larry McVoy asked:
> > > > The web pages on bkbits.net contain email addresses. This is
> > > > probably about a 4 year too late question but would it help reduce
> > > > spam if we did something like s/@/ (at) / for all those
> > > > addresses?
> > > >
> > > > * Christoph Hellwig answered:
> > > > No.
> > >
> > > Why not, please?
> >
> > Because spambots parse all this replacements anyway, and it makes cut
> > & pasting mail addresses if you want to reply to a change much easier.
>
> Strongly depends on how this is done. Of course, replacing
> user@domain.org by user(at)domain.org or even user AT domain DOT org
> won't help. However, I wonder what amount of spambots will spot user:
> domain org as a valid e-mail address.
>
> There are also HTML+CSS tricks that should work well. Split the address
> over right-floating span elements, these will display in the reverse
> order. I doubt that the spambots will get it right.
>
> I don't think that the cut'n'paste ability argument weights much here.
> How often do you do that?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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> Jean Delvare
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Why not just have a PHP contact form instead with some of the well
known PHP security things in it such as an auth number box or whatnot.

-DaMouse

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