Sorry for top post on phone. Depending on the type of site and location an email address might be legally required. For example, a business website in the UK requires a value email address to be made accessible to all your visitors, which includes blind people, so no image-only addresses. Spam is just a fact of life now, and the only real method of protection is a decent spam filter. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk ----- Reply message ----- From: "Bastien Koert" <phpster@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, Nov 16, 2010 21:02 Subject: [PHP] protecting email addresses on a web site To: "Grega LeskovÅek" <legrega@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "HallMarc Websites" <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx>, "David Mehler" <dave.mehler@xxxxxxxxx>, "php-general" <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Grega LeskovÅek <legrega@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I tried this: > <?php echo "<span > class=\"safety\">sss>a/<moc.liamg@xxxxxxxxxxx<\"moc.liamg@xxxxxxxxxxx:otliam\"=ferh > a></span>"; > ?> > and css: > .safety { direction:rtl; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; } > for the address jocplus.doo@xxxxxxxxx > but I haven't managed it to display properly > Could someone please direct me, I believe if I put the > <a class="safety" href="mailto:jocplus.doo@xxxxxxxxx";>vicaversa</a>... > it does not really protect the email address, because in mailto: it > has to be as defined jocplus.doo@xxxxxxxxx > Thanks, > -- When the sun rises I receive and when it sets I forgive -> > http://moj.skavt.net/gleskovs/ > Always in Heart, Grega LeskovÅek > > > > > 2010/6/15 Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 13:02 -0400, HallMarc Websites wrote: >> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] >>> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 10:52 AM >>> To: Dotan Cohen >>> Cc: HallMarc Websites; David Mehler; php-general >>> Subject: Re: [PHP] protecting email addresses on a web site >>> >>> On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 17:50 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: >>> >>> > On 14 June 2010 15:36, HallMarc Websites <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> wrote: >>> > > Another is a CSS solution where you type the email address backwards and >>> > > then use the CSS style declaration: >>> > > style="direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: bidi-override;" >>> > > >>> > >>> > How does that work with screen readers? How about copy-paste? >>> > >>> >>> >>> I don't think there's an accessible way of doing this. Anything that >>> allows a screen reader to speak the email address would also be >>> susceptible to spammers email scrapers. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ash >>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >>> >>> >>> >>> Copy-n-paste just gives you the email address backwards; screen readers, >>> because we are using logical ordering and it is stored in memory the way we >>> expect to read it, will read it correctly. >>> >>> I was not aware that email harvesters used screen readers. Do you have some >>> documentation I could read to get up to speed on this? >>> >>> Marc Hall >>> HallMarc Websites >>> So many spammers, so few bullets... >>> >>> >>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >>> database 5199 (20100615) __________ >>> >>> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >>> >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >>> >> >> >> I didn't say the harvesters used screen readers. I'm saying that if >> something is in plain text that a screen reader can understand, what's >> to stop an email address harvester? It's not worth their time to analyse >> every image (think about where Google is with image searching right now, >> and they have a lot more resources at their disposal) but it is easy >> enough to read text in a web page. At a push, it's possible to believe >> that some might be using rendered CSS to see how an email is rendered. >> >> Thing is, it's nigh on impossible to hide an email address. Use it once >> on a mailing list like this and it's there for the whole world to see on >> archive listings. I even though that my email wouldn't be found in >> a .pdf CV I'd made, but thanks to Google it is now! >> >> Basically, it might not be worth the effort to hide email addresses, and >> instead see about setting up spam filtering at the server level. You >> don't have to download and filter it your end, and it saves on >> bandwidth. >> >> Thanks, >> Ash >> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >> >> >> > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Why not just make a simple contact form and never show the address? -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
