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mail to guard - 1.0

protects email adresses in html source code against spammers

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All Time:	(2.5)
This Version:	(2.5)
Current Version:	1.0
Release Date:	2004-09-28
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	2,868
Downloads (all versions):	2,868

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Product Description:

Every webmaster knows that after a new e-mail address is published on a Web page the corresponding account is soon filled up with spam.
Why is this so? Spammers for several years now have been using spiders/crawlers on the World Wide Web to continually search the contents of sites for the "@" character and collect every e-mail address they find for inclusion in their target address databases.
MAILTO GUARD can encode your e-mail address so that it can't be recognised by spammer tools, but remains perfectly visible (and functional!) to you and the vistiors of your page.
A free executable version (no installation required) for Windows is available as well as this online Flash version for immediate use. There's also a universal version available for Mac, Linux or any operating system supporting the Flash Player plugin

What's new in this version:

Now a easy no-install version for apple

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1
Mac OS X 10.0

Additional Requirements:

Macromedia FlashPlugIn

Feedback Summary:

This Version:
Overall Rating:	(2.5)	Features:	(4.0)	Support:	(5.0)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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Easier way? - Version: 1.0, 10/4/2004 11:24PM PST

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zxyw

Sounds good, but could I just encode the @ symbol to achieve the same effect?

BRAVO!!!!!! - Version: 1.0, 9/29/2004 04:12PM PST

d|dumond

Thank you soooooo much for this little gem!!!! Works like a charm when taken the steps mentioned below!!!!!

I've tried very limited javascripts to do this, but they hardly compare! I spread this code throughout my site and am now a happy camper! :)

I also figured out that if you change the characters between the first ">" and "</a>" you can put linked text rather then show the email address!!!

Thanks again! Kudos on a job well done!

HTML refers to incorrect filename - Version: 1.0, 9/28/2004 11:23PM PST

(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

xena

To get the START.html file to work properly, simply rename the mailtoguard_eng.swf file to mailtoguard.swf and it should load properly.

You cannot use the Safari Edit menu to cut/copy/paste text in Flash animations, nor can you use the command-x/c/v shortcuts. You can, however, control-click on the highlighted text in the Flash animation to get a contextual menu which has Copy as one option.