I’ve been looking for a good tool that will obfuscate (or hide) my email address on websites. I wanted something that is easy for a legitimate visitor to see, yet would be impossible for those ‘bots that scrape the Internet, looking for email addresses on web pages that they can send their worthless spam to.
I think I’ve found one. I’m selling a printer that I no longer use, and if you look at that page, you can clearly read the email address that I’m using for this sale. Yet if you look at the page’s source code — which is what a ‘bot would look at — you can’t find the email address at all.
Neat, eh? 
Here’s the script that does a neat job of hiding your email address. I like this one because it uses a fairly complex substitution pattern for your email address. Since it is JavaScript-based, it can be figured out by a smart programmer, but figuring it out is, in my opinion, probably beyond the capabilities of most spam ‘bots.
So give it a try and see if it works for you.
And “thanks” for the script, Amanda Fazani! And yes, she does use her own email scrambling script on her about me page…
