- From: Lynn Alford <lynn.alford@jcu.edu.au>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:18:45 +1000
- To: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 03:12 PM 12/02/2005 +1030, Matthew Smith wrote:
>I would be interested in any views on "munging" (disguising) e-mail
>addresses on web sites to prevent their being harvested by spammers
>(senders of unsolicited bulk e-mail).
What I have on my site is in a style sheet
.noshow { display: none;}
And on the page is
Send mail <a
href="mailto:lynn.alford@deletethis.gmail.com">lynn.alford@<span
class="noshow">deletethis.</span>gmail.com</a>.
I don't know if it is accessible, but the mail harvesters are *not* picking
it up. When you see it onscreen it shows without the deletethis. But the
mail harvesters must be trying to email deletethis.gmail.com .
Any reports on accessibility of this option are welcome. the site is
http://www.pibweb.com
Lynn
Received on Sunday, 13 February 2005 23:18:51 UTC