SPAM Evasion
Spammers sift through webpages looking for e-mail addresses. These sift
programs can often be evaded by URL-form-encoding the e-mail address that
you put into the webpage.
The JavaScript FORM above will encode your e-mail address for you.
Type in your current e-mail address and hit the "Encode" button,
select the result, and paste it into your webpage. In other words,
if your current webpage contains:
<A HREF="mailto:food@stuffed.com">food@stuffed.com</A>
Then you should replace it with:
<A HREF="mailto:%66%6F%6F%64%40%73%74%75%66%66%65%64%2E%63%6F%6D">food@stuffed.com</A>
Note: This encoding trick works in all browsers I know of
Mailto format
The mailto URL contains only the e-mail address according to the official
spec.
Some browsers support additional fields
after the address. For example, <a href="mailto:john@stuffed.com?subject=test">
creates an address that when clicked on will not only launch an e-mail box but will
also automatically fill in the Subject: field. This was supported by the original
Mosaic and adopted by Netscape. Microsoft didn't support it until MSIE version 5.
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