Comments on: Encrypt Mailto Links to Stop Email Spam

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:36:00 +0000

Thank you thank you thank you. Still working like a charm in 2012!

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:37:55 +0000

I’d say you’re welcome to grab it, but I actually didn’t come up with it, the original code is from http://www.zapyon.de/, which has since disappeared.

By: Nurionn

Nurionn — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:56:16 +0000

Is there a possibility to get your code to encrypt an E-Mail-Adress? I’d like to create a little extension for my website, using the Yii Framework (http://www.yiiframework.com/)…

Of Course I’d share the result with you if you’re interested!

By: Fionn

Fionn — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:25:29 +0000

Thanks : )

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:28:29 +0000

@Tim that's definitely a good point. The browsers do decode the url with no problem, to my knowledge, the bots are typically based on an untranslated/static string search for "xx@xx.xx". That's not to say that the spammers are unsophisticated and can't create a script that will decode it. For another approach check out the Javascript method by my friend Andy -- http://theandystratton.com/2009/accessibly-cloak-email-addresses-with-jquery.

By: Tim Dawson

Tim Dawson — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:11:43 +0000

It certainly works as a link, and my e-mail client duly opens (with a subject). But when I hover my mouse over the link I can see the plain text in the status bar, so won’t a bot see the same ?

By: Natalie Nash

Natalie Nash — Thu, 12 May 2011 09:48:08 +0000

Very handy resource, thank you!

By: Gavin

Gavin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:18:48 +0000

Great tool, I love it

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:13:48 +0000

Thank you for this helpful web tool.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:27:55 +0000

@Elizabeth Yes you can just copy/paste the code, I would just recommend the first input box (“Complete email link”) because that will take care of making the link for you.

And, you’re not dumb, one possible issue you may run into is that depending on your blogging platform, your text editor might want to try and decrypt it for you after you post it.

If that’s the case, you can have your web developer implement this into your theme — http://theandystratton.com/2009/accessibly-cloak-email-addresses-with-jquery