Hide Your Email Address From View

[sudsmaster]

OIC.

Hmmm....

I guess the only way to do what I was asking would be to build what is probably a complex front end in the forum that would send the email to the other member as if it were coming from the website... the other member would then have the option of responding directly to the sender, thus revealing their email address. I *think* I've seen other sites use this technique to protect the identity of their members but still allow people to send them emails - one at a time.

But I could see how this could be a bother to program and maybe an even bigger bother to administer. So Never Mind ;-)

I guess I'm gonna take off the "hide my email" option on my profile. I do want other members to be able to email me, just not for spam. I don't mind other members knowing my email address. If spam recurs, I'll just cloak the email address as before.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Hi Rich, ahhh I see what you are saying now. I do like the idea in theory and it could certainly be done. I would have to write an entire email system into the code, that's probably around 20 hours of work at minimum, but its not out of the question work wise.

I'll think about it and put it down on the wish list for the autumn because it would be a nice feature to have.

 

[DADoES]

 
There are prewritten scripts available for mail forms.  Perhaps one could be integrated into the site code without much effort.  FormMail for example.  It supports captcha to defend against spammers.

 

[mattl]

Robert, your time is more valuable than some odd spam email, I'd suggest you not bother with any additional code. Getting a free email address is very easy. If someone is so worried about getting some possible spam from this site, they can either hide their address or use a free one. That covers all eventualities.

The spam filters of today work so well that I never see any of the crap that used to come in unless I want to. I might check the spam file once every month or two but 99.9% of the time nothing goes in there that should not be there. I still filter my gfn.org address through gmail, very easy to do, but my gfn.org provider installed a very good filter a year or so ago and it does quite well. No one need ever see any spam anymore...

 

[alr2903]

Id agree with you MattL, spam filters work well. mail is not a problem for me, at this time. Robert thanks for all the nice things you have implemented this summer. arthur