6 Dec
2002
6 Dec
'02
10:16 a.m.
At 20:34 06/12/2002, Jeffrey Sharp wrote:
Current idea on spamproofing the archives:
[0] Every email address in the archives is replaced with a shortened form.
For instance:
user(a)domain.com -> user@d...
I like that idea.
[1] The shortened address is link to a CGI script like
this:
http://www.subatomix.com/cgi-bin/email?asf3uhh0239q0bs
The script generates a page that asks the user to type in a specific
string to prove they're human. The query string above is the email
address with some some simple sort of encryption.
I'd suggest an MD5 hash code - it's not necessarily unique, although that
shouldn't be a problem, and it's non-reversable.
Surely this is enough to defeat address harvesters.
Does anyone see any
problems with this?
Looks good to me. I'd personally prefer the mailto link wasn't (i.e. just a
plaintext address for the user to cut'n'paste), but the solution as
proposed works for me.
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