Simple. Name at address dot com. How most of the people I know do it, in such way my address is represented:
gedrean at yahoo dot com Any human looking at it is intelligent enough to grab it and if you can't type it for yourself, well, I'm afraid that irritates me to massive degrees. :) I like intelligent users. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson Lam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 23:09 Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Please remove my message in Sourceforge > On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:09:02 -0500, you wrote: > > Hi Jim, > > >I see that you've edited the html files you linked to ... they are now > >completely broken for email addresses. > > At the very beginning, say 8 years before the Internet still quiet > healthy and no need to mask the email address, but now things going to > the worse direction and never return. > > I know US made a law to fight SPAM and someone arrested already, but > too bad this WON'T happen in other countries such as CHINA. > > >I personally _hate_ that method of "hiding" email addresses. If you > >want to hide the email address, don't include a "mailto:"; link. You've > >made these "mailto:"; links, but replaced "@" with "(^^)" in the same > >Eric Auer style - so they are broken now. That's stupid, IMO. > > I don't like this. But I've to let the other know how to contact me, > and those crazy ripping engine is working as good as they want. > > You think that's stupid, so do I. But we become a victim that keep > receiving SPAM and junk mail, most of them even meaningless! > > >If you don't want the email addresses visible, you should turn them into > >plain text. For example, not: > > I think your way is better, no "mailto:";, just plain text. > Not convenient but at least work. > > >You could additionally replace the "@" with the ascii code for it, as > >Eric sometimes does. A spam email harvester cannot distinguish the > >above email address(es) from any other html text on the page. Yet a > >user will know they are email addresses, and can copy/paste the address > >into their email. > > We have to discuss and finalize a "informal standard" way of email. > It's better than everyone decide their own way and creating multiple > standards, bringing up more trouble. > > > Rgds, > Johnson. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop > FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! > Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
