Anti-Spam Email Function?
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Topic: Anti-Spam Email Function?
Posted By: xeerex
Subject: Anti-Spam Email Function?
Date Posted: 18 June 2003 at 12:20pm
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Hello all, I'm still a newbie to ASP except hacking away at Bruce's forum. Anyway, heres the question: Is there an ASP script or function that will generate (or write) an email link in a browser without revealing the email in the source code? I understand that response.write is processed at the server and displayed to the browser in the HTML, but I am wondering if there is something similar to this javascript implementation: <script type="text/javascript"> Obviously this is to try and slow down the tide of spam. I have placed the javascript in its own asp page and just use includes; however, if a user has scripting turned off in the browser this presents a problem. I thought of using ASP variables or a function but can't figure out how to display the email reference without using a response.write which will display in the html. Any advice or feedback is apprectiated. ------------- http://webspacegeeks.com - Need Hosting, Domains, Dedicated Servers? http://www.smartergeek.com - web design | pc support | training | podcasts | video production |
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Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 18 June 2003 at 2:28pm
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You still see the email in the source or even easier in your outbox/sent itmes. the best way is to use an email component. ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: xeerex
Date Posted: 18 June 2003 at 2:36pm
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The bots don't pickup the javascript email addy through the source code since the bots read the javascript function and not the results. I'm just wondering if there is a pure ASP way to do it without the email displaying in the source.
Huh? I know the email addy will be in the users outbox/sent if they are using a POP3 client (and I suppose a http client) but hopefully the bots aren't THAT smart yet. ------------- http://webspacegeeks.com - Need Hosting, Domains, Dedicated Servers? http://www.smartergeek.com - web design | pc support | training | podcasts | video production |
even easier in your outbox/sent itmes
Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 18 June 2003 at 3:47pm
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Bots ok but there are people having site-scanners searching for email addresses in the source code. So if a bot requests a page where the email is stored in an asp variable it would still display as html. ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: xeerex
Date Posted: 18 June 2003 at 3:57pm
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Thats what I was thinking using ASP but hoped there was a way around it...hmmm. ------------- http://webspacegeeks.com - Need Hosting, Domains, Dedicated Servers? http://www.smartergeek.com - web design | pc support | training | podcasts | video production |
Posted By: faubo
Date Posted: 18 June 2003 at 4:31pm
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Cant you use a form to e-mail? I think that's the only way around getting your e-mails in a bot or other kind of automatic stuff... many people are using some kind of this... so... I think it's a matter of time to some clever guy make a better bot. I use javascript too but I'm moving to a form very soon, just need some time. ------------- http://www.conhecerparaconservar.org - I don't know how to make you click here |
Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 20 June 2003 at 10:45am
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Spam bots pick up everything. To avoid that, use a form or use a graphic. You can find components that will create graphics of text, but then the user needs to type it because you can't link it due to spam-bots picking it up.
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