[Javascript] Hiding email addresses

[david at dorward.me.uk (David Dorward)]

On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 03:06:13PM +0900, Scott Petersen wrote:
> <p><a href="#" onclick="mailsomething(0)">Send Mail</a></p>

> This should send mail to BigBoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx My question is: Does this
> really slow down the address collectors?

It probably slows down some ... but its really not hard to write a bot
that can handle Javascript. I put together a proof of concept earlier
this year,
http://blog.dorward.me.uk/2006/02/02/spambots_that_drink_coffee.html

(That won't cover your particular code, but its just a proof of concept).

The code you provided would also leave users without JavaScript unable
to contact you, and make it rather difficult to copy/paste the email
address (e.g. for users of webmail services).

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David Dorward                                      http://dorward.me.uk