Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web
On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 02:49:15PM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 14:12:07 -0400
> Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:
>
> > Celejar wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > What's the recommended modern best practice for putting a contact email
> > > address on the web while avoiding having it scraped by spam / fraud
> > > bots?
> >
> > Assume that every address will be hit by spammers and scammers.
> > Put in appropriate antispam and antimalware precautions.
>
> Okay, but why isn't trying to limit spammers getting hold of an address
> a logical part of a defense in depth strategy?
>
All these methods are obfuscation. Sorry to say that is no strategy.
They will be a waste of time.
Dan pointed out the only option you have.
I hve for years my e-mail out in the open. I get spam and there is not
much I can do apout that. I however employ reasonable measures to
minimize the amount of spam coming through.
-H
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Henning Follmann | hfollmann@itcfollmann.com
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