Safely adding a "mailto:" link to your website
Hi,
My website has a "Email Me" button that I'm not yet sure of the behavior of. Either it will point straight to a "mailto:", or it will go to a form (that the HTML will specify a target address for).
In either case, what would be the safest way to add a target email address so that robots don't automatically pick it up and add it to their "spammable" lists?
First contact your web host and ask them if they have a form-to-email script you can use. Hosts often provide scripts on their servers which you can activate through your Admin Panel or by referencing the script in your form's action attribute.
<form action="path-to-form-on-server/form-to-email-script.php">
Ideally, you want a form-to-email processing script that:
a) validates form input fields,
b) blocks hackers,
c) stops submissions from spam bots,
d) hides your email address from harvesters.
[email protected] from DB Masters script does all of this and it's free if you credit the author; $20 per domain if you don't.
Related Links:
FormToEmail.com (free & pro versions available)
http://formtoemail.com/formtoemail_pro_version.php
Tectite
http://www.tectite.com/formmailpage.php
Nancy O.
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