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[KenS]

I have tried searching several different way, but have been unable to find anything.

I am looking for a mod that will place a users email address in a block when it is posted in a thread. It would be for reducing the chance that the email address would be picked up on a bot scan for spam.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Lynne]

I use this on my 3.6.8 board: EMail Address Obfuscator v1.0.2 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=97704)

[KenS]

Thanks, that is what I was looking for. But being new to all of this, I have another question. I may have overlooked it, but where does the file go? I didnt see installation instructions.

[dismas]

Questions about mods should go on the mod page itself. That way if others have the same questions, they can go to just that one thread for all their answers.

As long as I'm typing though, goto your AdminCP > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > Add/Import Product

[KenS]

Thanks! and "will do"

[Boofo]

I use this on my 3.6.8 board: EMail Address Obfuscator v1.0.2 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=97704)

Will this work on 3.7 and what do you have the settings set to?

[Lynne]

Will this work on 3.7 and what do you have the settings set to?
I have it on my test board running 3.7 beta 2 and it appears to be working fine. I use the javascript option, not the image one. The image option was causing some weird things to happen and it was freaking me out.

[Boofo]

I installed it on your recommendation even though I'm still not really sure all that it does. I set it at the Javascript option also as it says that is the best way to go in the thread for the hack. Thanks for the link, by the way. ;)

[Lynne]

I installed it on your recommendation even though I'm still not really sure all that it does. I set it at the Javascript option also as it says that is the best way to go in the thread for the hack. Thanks for the link, by the way. ;)
What it does is scramble the email in the source code so it can't easily be harvested. I have a couple forums where users are required to put their email in the post and so we installed this hack just because of this.

[Boofo]

So, this would make it so if a user put their email address in a post, I wouldn't have to edit it and remove it? It would scramble it so it wouldn't be of any good to anyone?

[Lynne]

It would be good to anyone who clicks on the email to send one. But, if you look at the source code, you will see a mishmash of letters and numbers, not the actual email address. So, since harvesters look at *source code*, they can't get it (unless they know the 'code' being used to mix it up). It will look perfectly normal in the post though.

For instance, in the post it will say (and look like):
myemail@there.com

But, in the source code it will say:
<script type="text/javascript">document.write(unescape('%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d% 27%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6d%79%65%6d%61%69%6c%40%74 %68%65%72%65%2e%63%6f%6d%27%3e%6d%79%65%6d%61%69%6 c%40%74%68%65%72%65%2e%63%6f%6d%3c%2f%61%3e'));</script>

[Boofo]

Ah, OK, now it makes more sense. This is more for Spambots then. Thank you for the explanation. ;)