[WEB4LIB] RE: re webmaster address on web site

[Chris Gray]

You can also prevent email address harvesting with a JavaScript.  The
email link appears as normal in a browser, but the page source can't
easily be parsed to harvest an email address automatically.

We use the following script in the head of a document:

<script>
function writeEmail(username,domain,displayText) {
document.write( '<a href=\"mailto:' + username + '@' + domain + '\">' + displayText + '</a>' );
}
</script>

And then replace anything like

    <a href="mailto:nobody at www.bogus.com">the Webmaster</a>

with

    <script>writeEmail('nobody','www.bogus.com','the Webmaster');</script> 

You can then put other people's contact info on your page without
subjecting them to increased spam.

Chris Gray
Systems Analyst
University of Waterloo