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Date/Time:2004-Apr-03 23:36:00
Subject:Re: Email Masking

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wwp@yahoogroups.com: Re: Email Masking A Y R T O N 2004-Apr-03 23:36:00
Landis
in my case what I did was to create a NEW email aliases, named with the 
wwp initials, so if I begin to get too much emails on this address, 
then I give up.
This way I protect my real one.

Take care

Ayrton


On 03/04/2004, at 07:59 PM, Landis wrote:

> I realize that many, if not most, of us experience a great deal of
>  unwanted email and this is the reason we are reluctant to just
>  publish an email address in the normal "mailto:" fashion.
>
>  We have always intended to mask the email address from automated
>  email harvesters and I have a quick question about my intended method.
>
>  There are many different ways that this can be done, some more secure
>  than others.? I've been using a JavaScript method to assemble
>  addresses when the page is rendered and to hide it if JavaScript is
>  not enabled.? My understanding is that these automated email address
>  harvesters do not recognize JavaScript as it would drastically slow
>  them down.
>
>  The method I intend to use can be seen in action on my website at
>
> http://www.360geographics.com/Info/Contact.html
>
>  Try viewing this both with and without JavaScript enabled to see how
>  this is handled.
>
>  If anyone can tell me that this won't work very well for us, please
>  let me know.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Landis
>
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