"Scrambling" Your Emails to Avoid Phishing by Spam Spiders

• Replace @ with @
• Use Javascript

Replace @ with @

Use the hex character; "@" in place of the normal @ sign in your e-mail address.

(Unfortunately, email spiders can be programmed to detect and compensate for the "@" character. However, with literally billions of web pages to choose from, whether they would bother is another matter. )

Your link code should look something like this (change it to suit your site):
<a href="mailto:contact&#64;medsch.ucsf.edu">Contact Us </a>

It will render in a brower like this:
Contact Us

When you hover it and in your status bar you will see the email address with the @ intact.

Use Javascript

This is not as simple, but more efficacious.

Copy this text exactly and paste it in the code view. Update for specificity to your site.

<script language="JavaScript">
document.write('<a href="mailto:contact' + '&#64' + 'medsch.ucsf.edu" >' + 'contact' + '&#64' + 'medsch.ucsf.edu</a>');
</script>

Which is rendered like this:

or

<script language="JavaScript">
document.write('<a href="mailto:contact' + '&#64' + 'medsch.ucsf.edu" >' + 'Contact Us' + '</a>');
</script>