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For some time I've wanted to add an email link on my web pages but have been wary of entering my email address in plain text because of spambots.

I came across this site which offers some excellent advice on how to create a safe link. http://www.bronze-age.com/nospam/index.html

I've incorporated it into one of my pages here. http://www.cheadlehulmeweather.co.uk/seasonaverages.htm

I'd appreciate any comments on whether you consider this a safe enough method to confuse those feared spambots.
Cheers,
Ray, Cheshire.

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Re: Safe mailto: link on web pages

Post by beteljuice »

There's also this from just over a year ago ;)

https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=7081
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Thanks beteljuice. Not too dissimilar to the one I found. I must admit to not searching Cumulus first. ;)

The important thing is that you don't enter your email address without it being changed so the spambots can't detect it.
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Post by BCJKiwi »

There is always Mike Challis' excellent package with captcha;
http://www.fastsecurecontactform.com/
It is a bit of work to configure (full info comes with the donationware package) but is well respected as bullet proof.
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Post by RayProudfoot »

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll try what I have at the moment and see how things go. I do use MailWasher Pro so can bounce any unwanted messages.
Cheers,
Ray, Cheshire.

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