hi there!
I need to post my contacts email in a page but I noticed that someone stole them by a e-mail spider, so anyone knows a way for avoid this ?
regards

Quickest way to prevent this is to make a file called robots.txt and include the code
User-agent: *
Disallow: /

in the file....

But, just remember... Don't put anything on the web you don't want the world to know...

There's a javascript hide trick and an ASCII hide trick, though I'm not sure either of them actually work, and I'd have to dig really deep in the mess of favorites to find the URL. Probably quicker to search google for 'obscure email' or something of that nature.

a few of those javascript tricks do actually work. In the end using a form is probably your best option, as most spambots *will* ignore robot.txt

You could display your e-mail address as a graphic instead.

You could set a 'honey pot' on that page to trap spiders making your address a part of a useless collection of junk.

(ie netsearch ' e-mail honey pots')

At the end of the day we've always just used forms for contact and had very little spam come back due to them. We *do* get junk to our support address though this appeared shortly after nuking a spammer, so no doubt the eggplant went and added that to his little list.

Greg Moore

well, the easiest way is to print your e-mail address using JavaScript (will work on java compatible browser).

Full code:

<script Language="JavaScript">
document.write("<a href=mailto:");
document.write("yourname@");
document.write("yourdomain.com>email me</a>");
</script>

Definately recommend converting your plain text (email) to ASCII codes. My spam level have reduced by around "90%" since I started to convert all of mailto: tags over.

free tool here: http://www.getyourwebsitehere.com/jswb/text_to_ascii.html

Originally posted by tn3
Definately recommend converting your plain text (email) to ASCII codes. My spam level have reduced by around "90%" since I started to convert all of mailto: tags over.

free tool here: http://www.getyourwebsitehere.com/jswb/text_to_ascii.html

This is also a good method! (But it's also very easy for spider scripts to parse these values..)

they are both better than posting spam_me@mydomain.com :) there is a extension for dreamweaver that somehow hides mailto links, if you have DW you can download it for free

ASCII method is also good for those ultra-paranoid surfers with javascript turned off!
:rolleyes:

Originally posted by tn3
ASCII method is also good for those ultra-paranoid surfers with javascript turned off!
:rolleyes:

I agree :))

Is it a directory you can just password protect or you need the world to see it?