[Web4lib] Mailto: links that can't be harvested by spambots?

[Carol Bean]

This topic was discussed on Web4Lib back in September (9/13/06 - 9/14/06):
http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/web4lib/2006-September/041631.html

On 2/18/07, David Rothman <david.rothman at gmail.com > wrote:
>
> Links below feature scripts (or tools which generate scripts) that are
> claimed to generate mailto: links for a page that is viewable to the user,
> but that cannot be harvested by spambots.
>
>
>    - http://www.willmaster.com/possibilities/demo/aelgwase.html
>    - http://www.joemaller.com/js-mailer.shtml
>    - http://med.stanford.edu/irt/web/clips/javascript-antispam.html
>    - http://www.seoconsultants.com/tools/email/
>    - http://mailtoprotector.com/
>
>
> Any opinions on whether or not this sort of solution is effective?
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