Posted by David Dorward on 02/06/06 21:13

Greg N. wrote:

>> As I see it, the problem is that if the harvester chomps page by page
>> looking for <a href="mailto:...
>
> 1. Don't use email links like that. In the days of webmail, it does not
> make sense for many if not most of your visitors.

Those users can still copy and paste the address into their webbased email
client (and I would be surprised if you couldn't get a browser plugin that
can take a mailto: and turn it into something that works with the user's
webmail).

> 2. You may use plain text, slightly obfuscated, like so:
> <p>You may reach me at <em>johndoe</em> at <em>hotmail</em> dot
> <em>com</em>

Which means users have to edit the address in their email client. Too much
work for some.

> 3. You may hide the email address in a small JPG or GIF image:
> <p>You may reach me at <img src=myaddr.jpg alt="my addr.">

Either the alt text will be useless, or the use of the image will be
pointless.

Transcribing an email address from an image is time consuming (so many
user's won't bother) and error prone (so email can get misdirected).

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