Unique Wordpress Plugin #8 – Obfuscate Email

SpamThis handy little plugin allows you to use your MailTo: links without having to worry about spam. By converting those links in the hexidecimal codes, Spammer bots will not be able to harvest your emails and spam the living daylights out of you! I’m so confident in this plugin that:

[Link Removed, Damn you, Evil Spam Bots!]

This plugin is available here and I recommend it for everyone that would like to not worry about being spammed if you use a MailTo: link in your blog.

*Update* – After foolishly trusting my email with this plugin, It failed miserably and as pointed out through arnold’s comment.. It does not work for RSS feeds…

 Does that mean I have spammers that have subscribed to my feed? OH THE IRONY!

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4 Comments

  1. arnold
    Posted March 17, 2008 at 6:14 am | Permalink

    I just checked the code of this page and the plugin seems to have converted your mailto address to html entities. This is great as a spambot will not be able to read this, but you do have a problem. Check the code for the same article in your feed and you will see that the mailto address is there for any spambot to see. Luckily I arrived here via the feed and thus I was able to spot this.

    arnold’s last blog post..ShareThis plugin

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  2. Chris at Home Security Guru
    Posted March 17, 2008 at 12:29 pm | Permalink

    Wow. If this thing works, it would be huge. I’d love to be able to display my email address without worrying about harvesters.Thanks for the tip.

    Chris at Home Security Guru’s last blog post..Start a Neighborhood Watch

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  3. bradblog
    Posted March 18, 2008 at 1:03 pm | Permalink

    UGH!!

    What a big mistake to trust this plugin.

    After trying this technique out, I’ve received 400 spam messages!!

    Don’t place your email like I just did -.-,

    Perhaps this plugin only works for the original blog post and not RSS Feeds.

    Man do I feel stupid :)

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  4. jason
    Posted March 25, 2008 at 7:16 am | Permalink

    Hey man, it happens to all of us. :-)

    Have you found a replacement? If not, check out this one:
    http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/anti-email-spam/

    It works in both posts and feeds. It also has the option of using HTML entities OR javascript. One thing to note with it is that you’ll need to let it build links for you.

    jason’s last blog post..New Subversion (SVN) Setup

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