[Zope] Re: [Zope-dev] [off topic] archives cause spam.

[Dennis Allison]

The Python tool, HTMLgen has had that feature for ages and uses it when it
generates a mailto link.

Several people have built systems that create a graphic representation of
the e-mail address, readable by humans but not by 'bots.

On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, J Cameron Cooper wrote:

> >
> >
> >What Guido said. Plus, I've yet to see an email address munging scheme
> >that also meant real users could get the email addresses of someone from
> >the archive.
> >  
> >
> A recent study suggested that replacing the characters of the address 
> with HTML entities worked pretty well. Don't know how long that'll work 
> (it's not hard to counter), but it's a step ahead for now.
> 
>           --jcc
> 
> 
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