Almost everybody knows that posting email addresses online opens them up to spammers, but there are many times when you cannot prevent it. For situations like these, EmailScrambler is of great help. It simply scrambles email address and creates a MailTo link that you can post anywhere on the web.
However, behind that MailTo link is a powerful Javascript that prevent bots and spam scripts from seeing that email address. Humans can still very clearly see and use the link without any hassle. Once you generate the code at EmailScrambler, simply paste it into the body of your webpage where you want to display the MailTo link. It can also be used for hiding other links from bots and automated scripts.
Features:
- Scramble mailto to prevent spammers from seeing your email address.
- Takes less than a minute.
- No registration required.
- Detailed step-by-step instructions.
- Preview your link as you make changes.
- Similar tools: MailToEncoder, TheHTMLEncoder, The Enkoder Form, SpamProofEmailGenerator and HideText.
Visit EmailScrambler @ www.pagetutor.com/scrambler/index.html
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This is a unique solution, and a nice option for those situations when you can use javascript. Its a nice widgetized way of using tricks that have been used by programmers for years. It makes it super easy for the ‘average’ folk
However… for most people, using javascript is not a frequent option. For example, its virtually never an option in online forums, comments on blogs, etc.
My favorite way to avoid spam online is by using an online contact form with captcha. There are dozens of people offering a vast number of options for this. When a simple solution will do, my favorite is http://ContactByWeb.com because a.) you can create many forms under one account, b.) you get a clearly understandable url to share with people, like ContactByWeb.com/yourname, and c.) the e-mails you get include additional information about the person contacting you, like the IP address of the user (which can then be easily traced to a geographical region), their browser and OS type (from the user agent) and the web page that led them to your contact form (from the http referer).
Thanks for share, will check it out