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Asked: May 12, 20262026-05-12T20:30:43+00:00 2026-05-12T20:30:43+00:00

I have a contact form where the email is actually accessible in the source,

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I have a contact form where the email is actually accessible in the source, because I’m using a cgi file to process it. My concern are the mail crawlers, and I was wondering if this is a no-go and I should switch to another more secure form. Or, if there was some tricks to ‘confuse’ the crawlers ? Thanks for your ideas.

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    2026-05-12T20:30:44+00:00Added an answer on May 12, 2026 at 8:30 pm

    I always convert the characters of email addresses (including the mailto statement if applicable) into character entities. This seems to work nicely, I have yet to receive automated spam on certain email addresses which are available in this manner on different websites. This converter illustrates what I mean.

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