Email address security option

Below are two examples of how email addresses can be protected from use by spammers. Ask your webmaster to use these methods and safeguard your new email address.

 

1) Javascript encoded email link:

 

The above looks like a typical HTML "mailto" link but it's very different. The address is not visible in the HTML code (it is only displayed by your browser using some unusual Javascript). Automatic "spiders" can't find any email address here.

Just in case a visitor's browser has Javascript turned off, I also included some "noscript" content which will produce a normal looking address but is not clickable.

HTML code used for the link on the left:
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.hide{display: none;}
-->
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var name = "Ken";
var symbol = "\x40";
var domain = "WalnutDesign";
var dotcom = "com";
document.write("<a href=\"mailto:" + name + symbol + domain + "." + dotcom + "\">" + name + symbol + domain + "." + dotcom + "</a>");
// -->
</script>
<noscript>
Ken<del class="hide">DELETETHIS</del>@WalnutDesign<del class="hide">DELETETHIS</del>.com
</noscript>

 

2) Use a smart web form:

Contact Us
Name:
Email:
Message:

Select a destination:
Sales Mike Jones
Support Bill Smith

After submitting the form above, your message is handled by a program which obtains the actual email addresses from a separate file stored in a secure area on our server. It is not possible for anyone to know the actual email address.

Many such forms are not so smart. Inspect the HTML code on some other Web pages, and you will see the email address plainly visible — which means it will be easily harvested by any spammer.