[Web4lib] Script to protect email address from spam

[Tim Spindle]

On the webpage, you could enter the email in a way that a spambot might have
trouble reading such as kathryn.silberger AT marist DOT edu.  Anyone could
surely understand this address.  Also, if you setup a new Gmail address
(which I'd encourage because their spam filter is great), you can set it to
automatically forward emails from that address to any other email address.

My advice to avoid spam is to get offline.  Just kidding.  My real advice
would be to treat your email address like you do your credit card numbers,
your bank account numbers, your SSN, etc.  I have some "throw away" emails
setup for websites that demand registration and to whom I don't want to give
personal information, e.g. news sites.
Hope this helps,
tim
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 11:35:59 -0400
> From: Kathryn Silberger <Kathryn.Silberger at marist.edu>
> Subject: [Web4lib] Script to protect email address from spam?
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
>
> I have just put up a personal website (my great-grandfather's civil war
> letters) and I think I ought to provide an email contact.  One possibility
> is to create a new gmail account just for that site.  That is a hassle
> since it would be another email account to check.  Someone gave me a
> javascript routine to hide my email from spam, but it messed up the menus.
> Does anyone have a simple script to hide an email address from spam?  Or
> any suggestions about avoiding spam?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Katy
>
> Kathryn K. Silberger
> Automation Resources Librarian
> James A. Cannavino Library
> Marist College
> 3399 North Road
> Poughkeepsie, NY  12601
> Kathryn.Silberger at marist.edu
> (845) 575-3000 x.2419