[boost] Re: [OT] Whether and how to obfuscate email addresses inposts, docs & code

From: Andreas Huber (ah2003_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-03 10:22:01

Peter Dimov wrote:
> Andreas Huber wrote:
>> 2. What do other people think about a voluntary boost standard for
>> obfuscating email addresses published in posts, docs & code?
>
>> 3. If you think 2. is a good idea then what is a good way to
>> obfuscate email addresses? Is the simple <at> & <dot> approach
>> sufficient or do we need something that is less common (and thus
>> prone to automation)? E.g. WHATah2003EVER_at_[hidden] with a remark to
>> remove all capital letters?
>
> Don't bother. Your address is probably already harvested. See for
> example

Right. ah2003_at_[hidden] is a disposable address. I'd definitely disable it and
create a new one, which I would then publish only obfuscated.

Regards,

Andreas