Automatic email adress re-formatting to prevent harvesting
 

Hi everybody,

I am looking for a solution to have vBulletin automatically break up email addresses in postings to prevent address harvesting. So that if a user enters myname@domain.com, it would be "corrected" into myname @ domain.com or myname AT domain.com

I guess there is a solution for this already in place so please point me towards it :-)

Best, Tobias

Good One!

I was expecting this to be easy, but maybe it's not. Should I post this under mod suggestions instead?

I've just thought it through and it's not that hard, use some preg functions to sort them out.

Thanks! I am not exactly an ace with preg functions though, so any suggestions on how to implement this would be appreciated :)

Match a part of a string with @ followed by a . and make sure that they are alphanumeric.

OK, we are getting closer. I have no clue whatsoever about preg functions and would need a step-by-step type of explanation where and how to implement this. Any further help is appreciated :)

Thanks, Tobias

Read up on regular expression.

I think spammers are fully aware of this and work-around it. There should never be a need to post emails in posts anyway.

It's not to prevent spammers. It's to prevent email-harvesting bots.