The e-mail address is stored on the server in a disassembled form which is later re-assembled by your browser using Javascript. Spambots merely perform simple text searches for valid e-mail addresses and they will not be able to harvest any e-mail addresses from your webpage. For example: "aol.com" is stored in one place, "joe8625" in another, and "@" in yet another. Then, there is a paragraph of programming code that tells your internet browser to assemble the three parts into a clickable link.
To include an e-mail link on your page
without revealing the address to hungry spambots
who scan the web gleaning addresses to add to their lists,
do it like this:
The JavaScript Source: Page Details: Spambot Countermeasure
Simply click inside the window below, use your cursor to highlight the script, and copy (type Control-c or Apple-c) the script into a new file in your text editor (such as Note Pad or Simple Text) and save (Control-s or Command-s). The script is yours!!!
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