email converter

A service I can provide for you

Due to popular demand I have now produced an on-site tool for web authors, available here... online email converter

How it works:

An email address looks something like: marysmith@smithfurniture.com.au

When it is a hyperlink in a web page it looks like: marysmith@smithfurniture.com.au

The code to make that hyperlink looks like:
<A HREF="mailto:marysmith@smithfurniture.com.au">marysmith@smithfurniture.com.au</A>

The spam harvesters look in the code for the combination anyone@anywhere.something

The email converter I use converts the hyperlink into entities, so that the code actually looks like

In the browser and email program it looks and works just as if it wasn't encoded, but provides a high level of protection from Spammers.

For some strange reason, spam harvesters don't seem to have worked their way around this little trick yet. So if you think spammers have obtained your email address from your website, I can prevent further harvesting from taking place. Unfortunately I can't do anything about the spam lists you are already on.

Hint: have a look at the code for this page (view source). You will not see any email address anywhere.

If Spam is a problem, you might need to consider getting a new email address and implementing these strategies.