Re: Comparing methods

[danilo gnome org (Danilo Åegan)]

Yesterday at 18:17, Simos Xenitellis wrote:

> There is one thing I would like to comment on, the use of e-mail
> addresses in HREF links.

Those will be replaced with links to eg. /people/simos where we'll
list your contact e-mail(s). 

> This is very often the source of spam.

However, note that Gnome servers have excellent spam protection (much
better than gmx.net one, in my experience, since my @gnome.org is
forwarded to @gmx.net ;). Also, generally, you can't avoid spam today.

I receive spam on a completely private e-mail address I have
never-ever given to more than a dozen people, and all of them are
aware enough not to publish it anywhere.  Probably if I used some
obfuscated alias it wouldn't get found.

[btw, I found greylisting to filter more than 90% of spam for me]

> An easy fix is to use Javascript to obfuscate the e-mail
> addresses. This will require
> JavaScript capable Web browsers in order to view the addresses.
> For more on this, google on "javascript obfuscate e-mail address".

That sounds a bit limiting, IMO.  If it's really a problem, we can
simply remove e-mails, or provide a direct "contact by e-mail form" so
you'll get coordinator e-mail only if he actually responds ;)

Cheers,
Danilo