Hidden fields are only invisible to the client, not to the
browser. Therefore, they are no better than a mailto: as
far as I am concerned. I wrote my own form handler in ASP
to send the mail. No spam here.
Mike
message
: Many scripts also have the email address appearing in the
html page as "hidden"
: fields - does this prevent spam bots harvesting the
emails?
:
: Spam bots these days seem to look for anything remotely
like an email address in
: the format (e-mail address removed) - not only looking for a
preceding "mailto:" tag.
:
: I've found an ASP script where you code the email into the
script itself;
: therefore it is not in the html page that the ASP script.
generates.
:
:
http://nuts4asp.com/scrips/pfeed/ a very simple feedback
form
:
: You need to copy and paste the script into notepad, then
copy into Frontpage
: (code view).
:
: The above is the ASP version
:
:
http://www.ezscripting.co.uk has a script for perl/cgi
Linux/Unix users.
:
: Same idea, code the email into the script itself, not in
the form "hidden"
: fields.
:
:
message
: : > Jill
: >
: > 1. Check with your ISP to see if the FPSE are setup for
: > email forms. Many are not
: >
: > 2. Consider using a script instead of the FP form
handler
: > for email. If you use the FP form handler then you are
: > inviting spam as the email address appears in the page
code
: >
: > Mike
: >
: > Jill wrote:
: > : My feedback form won't email me with results. I
followed
: > : FP help instructions, too. It says it needs a
script -
: > : my ISP support FP extensions. Maybe I'm missing
: > : something here. Please help.
: > : Jill
: >
: >
:
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