Posted by N Cook on 06/17/05 13:26

"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.z.invalid> wrote in message
news:lv84b1p4dt2cna5k6s896q0d2pr5lcqd0t@4ax.com...
> I foolishly embedded a bunch of "MailTo" links in a high school class
reunion
> site.
>
> Now, of course, I'm getting spammed daily to the link's address.
>
> Are there any strategies for avoiding or mitigating this - short of the
brute
> force approach of constantly changing the address?
>
> Also, if changing the addr is the only option, is there a workaround for
the
> legitimate users who would use it in the future? i.e. some kind of
> forwarding/bounce scheme where the user gets a note telling them what the
> revised address is - but which wouldn't be read by a spam generator?
> --
> PeteCresswell

I use fudging eg mailto

xyz@abc.co.u.....k (please remove all 5 dots between the u and k for valid
email address)

as active HTML and visible text.

AFAIK anyone trying to email to that address as it stands will not even exit
their
email handler as 5 dots in a line is invalid structure, so no one left
thinking that it is a dead
email address after it bounces.
They know from the outset.
The fudge is on the correct side of the commercial at so
no wasted checks with valid company designations on right of the @.
I have used this structure for some years, loose a few people
with very poor use of English I suppose is the only down side

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