How to hide your email address from spambots
Robot programs called “spambots” are constantly trolling the Internet for email addresses to add to spam lists. If you ever post your email address on any site that spambots can get to, you’ll soon be getting a mailbox full of spam. That would include forums, chatrooms, blog comments, or anything public. One possible solution is to use throw-away addresses but that has drawbacks. Another approach is to disguise an address in some way that bots can’t see or figure out. This blog uses a challenge question and on other sites I use JavaScript to protect the email address used for contacting me. For those who are interested, a general discussion of methods for hiding addresses is at A List Apart. It’s a little technical but anyone who wants to have a blog or a personal Web site might find it useful.
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