Posted by Joe (GKF) on 10/13/06 23:17

In article <doraymeRidThis-D1D293.12172413102006@news-
vip.optusnet.com.au>, doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au says...

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>
> But I agree that the seen email address should be normal
> looking. There is a way around this, to not put any at all, just
> a link, the words being, "email us" or whatever.
>

The problem with that, as I see it, is that people who might want to
email you but are not able to at that time (because they are in an
Internet Cafe, Library, or someplace else they can't send email from)
can't just write the addy on the back of an envelope and take it with
them. Anyway, there's someething that inspires trust about an address
you can actually see - and if the 'bots have trouble, so much the
better.

> I would be interested to hear from anyone who has an idea of the
> chances of email harvesting happening from the expressed text on
> the page as distinct from the source.

but ... nah, you probably feel like a dill already.

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