[epub] Re: faked eMail addresses

[Ravi Jayagopal <Ravi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Michael,

Just wanted to clarify that the email address you
see on the page, is put there in real time -
dynamically.

You see it because you are viewing it in real time.

The bots cannot see it because the email is actually
NOT a part of the page's content. The email address
is put together ONLY when the page is viewed
through a browser, and is invisible if you try
to suck the content from a backend script, much
like the bots are programmed to do.

Geez... Talking about bots - I'm beginning to
sound like Neo (from the Matrix ;-)

Ravi
http://WebmasterInABox.net




At 07:23 PM 7/10/03 -0500, you wrote:
> > If you see the below link,
> > that is exactly what it lets you do:
> > http://WebmasterInABox.net/emailus.php?to=Ravi
>
> Just want to point out... an email harvester can still grab the
> email address if it follows the above URL from somewhere. The
> PHP outputs plain HTML with the email address embedded in the
> code.  Email addresses should be kept server side in the form
> processing code for the best protection from regular harvesting.


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