pf » Another Trick for Avoiding Email Harvesters

Most people know that spammers have robots that surf the net looking for email addresses, such programs are called email harvesters. Many people try to use JavaScript to trick these harvesters, but another technique that you can use, is by creating a link that redirects to a mailto:you@address address. You can do this with services like shurl.org or tinyurl.com. Here's an example of such a link: http://shurl.org/email_pete

Note that just like the javascript solutions its still possible that the harvesters will get your address, if they try to follow the link, and can detect this technique. The best solution is to just create a form and send the email with your web application server. Not everyone has that luxury however.