Posted by Jukka K. Korpela on 10/11/06 23:13

Scripsit dorayme:

> Anyone here using methods to make it more difficult for spammers
> to garner email addresses from web pages.

Removing all of one's web pages is sometimes suggested as the only sure
method, but even it isn't sure at all, of course. Think about
www.archive.org.

> I had a client recently ask me to "do something" about the spam
> coming from his website.

Tell them to contact a specialist on such matters if they can't handle it.
Spam isn't an HTML problem any more terrorism, lack of good sex, or poverty
is.

> I want to do better than tell him to get
> the best spam filter he can,

Why would you you want to do better than the real thing? I guess you are
thinking of suggesting something _else_, like "email address protection"
snake oil. I hope you now realize how ridiculous the idea is.

Either they do some spam filtering, or they don't. Either way, email address
obsfuscation does not protect them from spam but _will_ damage their
business by damaging communication, style, and impression.

--
Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

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