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Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web

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On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 14:12:07 -0400
Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:

> Celejar wrote: 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > What's the recommended modern best practice for putting a contact email
> > address on the web while avoiding having it scraped by spam / fraud
> > bots?
> 
> Assume that every address will be hit by spammers and scammers.
> Put in appropriate antispam and antimalware precautions.

Okay, but why isn't trying to limit spammers getting hold of an address
a logical part of a defense in depth strategy?

> Train your people to recognize spam and scams.

I'm talking about a small hobby project that I run in my spare time. I
just want to reduce spam to an address that I may put up to allow
people to reach me.

> -dsr-

Celejar

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Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-04-05 18:40 +0200
  Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-04-05 20:20 +0200
    Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-04-05 20:50 +0200
      Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-04-05 23:00 +0200
        Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-04-05 23:40 +0200
  Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-04-06 08:20 +0200
    Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-04-06 12:30 +0200
    Re: Modern best practice for putting a contact email on the web Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-04-06 14:40 +0200

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