Replacing @ with [at], effective against spam?
ned55
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Hello everyone,
I know it is not recommended to leave your email address on a website's page, but when it is necessary, is it really useful to replace @ with [at] to prevent address scraping by bots? There must be bots that also detect [at], right?
Thank you for your help,
ned
I know it is not recommended to leave your email address on a website's page, but when it is necessary, is it really useful to replace @ with [at] to prevent address scraping by bots? There must be bots that also detect [at], right?
Thank you for your help,
ned
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Hello ned55,
I don’t know if this will answer your question, but I see more and more people writing “[at]” instead of “@”. I would tend to say it’s effective, but as you mentioned, there are certainly bots that pick up on different formulas.
I also see some leaving a space instead of “@” or writing their email over multiple lines.
Otherwise, you can always create filters to block unauthorized messages.
Another solution, if you don’t want to leave your personal or professional email address, is to sign up for Randomail. It’s a French service that allows you to create “dummy” email addresses that will forward all the emails they receive to your personal address.
The day you get overwhelmed by spam, you just delete the address and the forwarding stops automatically.
It’s a bit longer, but at least your real address won’t be taken by any bot ;)
I hope I’ve still helped you.
I don’t know if this will answer your question, but I see more and more people writing “[at]” instead of “@”. I would tend to say it’s effective, but as you mentioned, there are certainly bots that pick up on different formulas.
I also see some leaving a space instead of “@” or writing their email over multiple lines.
Otherwise, you can always create filters to block unauthorized messages.
Another solution, if you don’t want to leave your personal or professional email address, is to sign up for Randomail. It’s a French service that allows you to create “dummy” email addresses that will forward all the emails they receive to your personal address.
The day you get overwhelmed by spam, you just delete the address and the forwarding stops automatically.
It’s a bit longer, but at least your real address won’t be taken by any bot ;)
I hope I’ve still helped you.