Unprotected email addresses on blogs get spammed
How many of the owners of the 10 millions existing blogs show their email address on their blog, ready for spammers to collect?
A study shows that out of the many ways email addresses are collected online, 97% of spam originates from addresses harvest on websites or blogs. Our own study shows that it takes as little as two days after an email address is published online before it gets spammed.
It's of course legitimate to publish you email address on a personal blog, but there are few reasons why you should not protect it from spam. This page shows you to generate an encoded link and integrate it with your template.
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thanks for the info
Posted by: arun satheesh | August 24, 2006 10:20 AM