Karl Berry wrote to bug-gnulib:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]<bug-gnulib at gnu dot org>}.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]@code{<bug-gnulib at gnu dot org>}}.
>
> Personally, I don't see a reason not to use @email here. That's why it
> exists.
How can @email be combined with anti-spam devices? The more an email address
is mentioned on the web, the more it attracts spam, and the more spam passes
the spam filters.
Here's my wishlist for a macro that shows email addresses with anti-spam:
- In HTML output, anti-spam cannot be combined with <a href="mailto:...";>
since there is no way to hide the address here. There are many anti-spam
devices, see [1], [2]. The properties that I find most desirable are:
- The address is displayed without modifications.
- Copy&paste of the address returns the address without modifications.
- Extracting the address requires more than simple processing
(elimination of HTML comments, conversion of &#nn; character names,
conversion of %nn in URLs).
- It should also work reasonably when JavaScript is deactivated or in
text-browsers without JavaScript and CSS2.
Based on these requirements, my preferred anti-spam device is this:
<tt><bug-gnulib<span style="display:none">-nospam</span>@<span
style="display:none">nospam.</span>gnu.org></tt>
or a variation of it (see attached file) that uses JavaScript to fix
copy&paste in Firefox.
- In DVI, PS, PDF output, I don't care much about anti-spam, since these
formats are hard to parse automatically.
- In plain-text output, I don't care much about anti-spam either, since this
format is rarely used on the web.
Could something like this be added into texinfo?
Bruno
[1] http://www.csarven.ca/hiding-email-addresses
[2]
http://www.ssmedia.com/index.cfm/articles-how_do_i_protect_my_email_address.htm
<bug-gnulib-nospam@nospam.gnu.org>
