strange way to type email adress

Mutikasa

Power Member

May 23, 2011

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• Dec 18, 2012

• #1

I've seen this:

Code:

document.write("<a href" + "=mailt" + "o:" + "info-" + "age" + "nt@dom" + "ain" + ".co" + "m>this" + " addre" + "ss" + "</" + "a>" + "")

Why is that?
To protect from spam or?

 

johndoejohndoe

Junior Member

Feb 13, 2011

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• Dec 22, 2012

• #2

Yes, I suspect this might have been an insane programmer's attempt to stop scrapers from grabbing the address.

 

Ryabinchik

Elite Member

Jan 4, 2010

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• Dec 22, 2012

• #3

Yes, it's for spam prevention.