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Prevent e-mail link harvesting by spammer's robots. Nothing is displayed in the file where this script is used, other than an empty span element. The mailto link is added dynamically, and will not show up even when you "View Source".

I appreciate your comments

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The JavaScript Source: Miscellaneous : mailTo
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 /* This script and many more are available free online at The JavaScript Source :: http://javascript.internet.com Created by: Professor :: http://www.professorscodingcorner.com/?ID=040 */ function mailTo() { // Copyright 2006 Professional Website Design. // For other useful scripts and tutorials, see // http://www.professorscodingcorner.com/ // You may use or modify the script in any way // you want, but do not remove the first two // lines above. Although it's not required, I // would appreciate an email to let me know // the URL of the page where you used it. // The purpose of the mailTo script is to prevent // email link harvesting by spammer's robots. // Nothing shows in the file where this is used, // other than an empty 'span' element. The mailto // link is added dynamically, and will not show // up even when you "View Source". // A user having Javascript disabled will not see // or be able to use the email link. This is // necessary in order to achieve the script's // stated purpose. // To add a mailto link to your webpage, just: // 1) Save this script as mailTo.js , or whatever // else you want to call it. Be sure to include // the window.onload statement AFTER the function. // 2) Put the following in the "head" section of // your webpage: // <script type="text/javascript" src="mailTo.js"> // </script> // 3) Put the following code in your webpage wherever // you want the link to appear. // <span id="mailTo"></span> // 4) Substitute your own email address for the one // in the line below. var email = "recipient@website.com"; if (!document.getElementById("mailTo")) return false; var spanobj = document.getElementById("mailTo"); var anch = document.createElement("a"); var mailto = "mailto:" + email; anch.setAttribute("href",mailto); spanobj.appendChild(anch); var txt = document.createTextNode(email); anch.appendChild(txt); } window.onload = mailTo;  <script type="text/javascript" src="mailTo.js"></script>  <div align="center"> I appreciate your comments<br> <span id="mailTo"></span><br> <small><em>(If you have JavaScript turned on, an e-mail address showed appear above)</em></small> </div> <p><div align="center"> <font face="arial, helvetica" size"-2">Free JavaScripts provided<br> by <a href="http://javascriptsource.com">The JavaScript Source</a></font> </div><p>
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