email/spam

[Guest]

If I put up a page with emial contacts/but use a .swf mouse over tool or .swf drop down box that the email address are in can the harvesting robots open up the flash to get email address for spam

 

[Kevin Spencer]

It is possible that some could.

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

If I put up a page with emial contacts/but use a .swf mouse over tool or

..swf drop down box that the email address are in can the harvesting robots
open up the flash to get email address for spam

 

[Mark Jerde]

If I put up a page with emial contacts/but use a .swf mouse over tool
or .swf drop down box that the email address are in can the
harvesting robots open up the flash to get email address for spam

Here's an alternative you may want to look into.

http://www.hiveware.com/enkoder_form.php

-- Mark

 

[chris leeds]

used it and like it. I usually use a form so the email address isn't
visible and with that hiveware thing you can't (i don't think) use the email
address as the text for the link or it's visible. I've got the little
script from the hiveware thing on my contact page listed below.

 

[Wayne Moses]

used it and like it. I usually use a form so the email address isn't
visible and with that hiveware thing you can't (i don't think) use the email
address as the text for the link or it's visible.

If you use a form, the email address is still in the HTML code and is still
bot-accessible.

The good thing about using a forms approach is that you can use 'throwaway
email addresses'. As soon as they start getting spam messages, simply change
it over to something else.

As for non-form-based email addresses, I put them in a graphic. Granted the
user can't click on it and fire up their client, but then spammers can't see
it either.