Posted by N Cook on 06/18/05 10:29

"N Cook" <diverse@tcp.co.uk> wrote in message
news:d8u8bm$ce1$1@inews.gazeta.pl...
> "(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
>
>

This thread has reminded me that ages ago I was going to add a small jpg of
my email address as an aid but forgot to do so.

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