Revisions to Does e-mail address obfuscation actually work? [closed]

Replace link with web.archive.org link, the current version appears to be defunct.

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edit approved Dec 7, 2018 at 9:01

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Some time ago I stumbled upon the post of someone who created a honeypot and waited for differently obsfucated email-addresses coming back:

Nine ways to obfuscate e-mail addresses compared Nine ways to obfuscate e-mail addresses compared

CSS Codedirection 0 MB spam

<span style="unicode-bidi:bidi-override; direction: rtl;">
moc.elpmaxe@zyx
</span>

CSS display:none 0 MB

xyz<span style="display:none">foo</span>@example.com

ROT13 Encryption 0 MB

[email protected]

Using ATs and DOTs 0.084 MB

xyz AT example DOT com

Building with Javascript 0.144 MB

var m = 'xyz';         // you can use any clever method of
m += '@';              // creating the string containing the email
m += 'example.com';    // and then add it to the DOM (eg, via
$('.email').append(m); // jquery)

Replacing '@' and '.' with Entities 1.6 MB

xyz&#64;example&#46;com

Splitting E-Mail with comments 7.1 MB

xyz<!-- eat this spam -->@<!-- yeah! -->example<!-- shoo -->com

Urlencode 7.9 MB

xyz%40example.com

Plain Text 21 MB

[email protected]

This is the original statistical graph made by Silvan Mühlemann, all credit goes towards him:

The Stats as it was made by Silvan Mühlemann

So, to answer the question: Yes, (in a way) email obfuscation works.

Some time ago I stumbled upon the post of someone who created a honeypot and waited for differently obsfucated email-addresses coming back:

Nine ways to obfuscate e-mail addresses compared

CSS Codedirection 0 MB spam

<span style="unicode-bidi:bidi-override; direction: rtl;">
moc.elpmaxe@zyx
</span>

CSS display:none 0 MB

xyz<span style="display:none">foo</span>@example.com

ROT13 Encryption 0 MB

[email protected]

Using ATs and DOTs 0.084 MB

xyz AT example DOT com

Building with Javascript 0.144 MB

var m = 'xyz';         // you can use any clever method of
m += '@';              // creating the string containing the email
m += 'example.com';    // and then add it to the DOM (eg, via
$('.email').append(m); // jquery)

Replacing '@' and '.' with Entities 1.6 MB

xyz&#64;example&#46;com

Splitting E-Mail with comments 7.1 MB

xyz<!-- eat this spam -->@<!-- yeah! -->example<!-- shoo -->com

Urlencode 7.9 MB

xyz%40example.com

Plain Text 21 MB

[email protected]

This is the original statistical graph made by Silvan Mühlemann, all credit goes towards him:

The Stats as it was made by Silvan Mühlemann

So, to answer the question: Yes, (in a way) email obfuscation works.

Some time ago I stumbled upon the post of someone who created a honeypot and waited for differently obsfucated email-addresses coming back:

Nine ways to obfuscate e-mail addresses compared

CSS Codedirection 0 MB spam

<span style="unicode-bidi:bidi-override; direction: rtl;">
moc.elpmaxe@zyx
</span>

CSS display:none 0 MB

xyz<span style="display:none">foo</span>@example.com

ROT13 Encryption 0 MB

[email protected]

Using ATs and DOTs 0.084 MB

xyz AT example DOT com

Building with Javascript 0.144 MB

var m = 'xyz';         // you can use any clever method of
m += '@';              // creating the string containing the email
m += 'example.com';    // and then add it to the DOM (eg, via
$('.email').append(m); // jquery)

Replacing '@' and '.' with Entities 1.6 MB

xyz&#64;example&#46;com

Splitting E-Mail with comments 7.1 MB

xyz<!-- eat this spam -->@<!-- yeah! -->example<!-- shoo -->com

Urlencode 7.9 MB

xyz%40example.com

Plain Text 21 MB

[email protected]

This is the original statistical graph made by Silvan Mühlemann, all credit goes towards him:

The Stats as it was made by Silvan Mühlemann

So, to answer the question: Yes, (in a way) email obfuscation works.

corrected typo

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edit approved May 6, 2015 at 9:29

Ian Kemp

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Some time ago I stumbled upon the post of someone who created a honeypot and waited for differently obsfucated email-addresses coming back:

Nine ways to obfuscate e-mail addresses comparecompared

CSS Codedirection 0 MB spam

<span style="unicode-bidi:bidi-override; direction: rtl;">
moc.elpmaxe@zyx
</span>

CSS display:none 0 MB

xyz<span style="display:none">foo</span>@example.com

ROT13 Encryption 0 MB

[email protected]

Using ATs and DOTs 0.084 MB

xyz AT example DOT com

Building with Javascript 0.144 MB

var m = 'xyz';         // you can use any clever method of
m += '@';              // creating the string containing the email
m += 'example.com';    // and then add it to the DOM (eg, via
$('.emailemail').append(m); // jquery)

Replacing '@' and '.' with Entities 1.6 MB

xyz&#64;example&#46;com

Splitting E-Mail with comments 7.1 MB

xyz<!-- eat this spam -->@<!-- yeah! -->example<!-- shoo -->com

Urlencode 7.9 MB

xyz%40example.com

Plain Text 21 MB

[email protected]

This is the original statistical graph made by Silvan Mühlemann, all credit goes towards him:

The Stats as it was made by Silvan Mühlemann

So, to answer the question: Yes, (in a way) email obsfucationobfuscation works.

Some time ago I stumbled upon the post of someone who created a honeypot and waited for differently obsfucated email-addresses coming back:

Nine ways to obfuscate e-mail addresses compare

CSS Codedirection 0 MB

<span style="unicode-bidi:bidi-override; direction: rtl;">
moc.elpmaxe@zyx
</span>

CSS display:none 0 MB

xyz<span style="display:none">foo</span>@example.com

ROT13 Encryption 0 MB

[email protected]

Using ATs and DOTs 0.084 MB

xyz AT example DOT com

Building with Javascript 0.144 MB

var m = 'xyz';        // you can use any clever method of
m += '@';             // creating the string containing the email
m += 'example.com';   // and then add it to the DOM (eg, via
$('.email).append(m); // jquery)

Replacing '@' and '.' with Entities 1.6 MB

xyz&#64;example&#46;com

Splitting E-Mail with comments 7.1 MB

xyz<!-- eat this spam -->@<!-- yeah! -->example<!-- shoo -->com

Urlencode 7.9 MB

xyz%40example.com

Plain Text 21 MB

[email protected]

This is the original statistical graph made by Silvan Mühlemann, all credit goes towards him:

The Stats as it was made by Silvan Mühlemann

So, to answer the question: Yes, (in a way) email obsfucation works.

Some time ago I stumbled upon the post of someone who created a honeypot and waited for differently obsfucated email-addresses coming back:

Nine ways to obfuscate e-mail addresses compared

CSS Codedirection 0 MB spam

<span style="unicode-bidi:bidi-override; direction: rtl;">
moc.elpmaxe@zyx
</span>

CSS display:none 0 MB

xyz<span style="display:none">foo</span>@example.com

ROT13 Encryption 0 MB

[email protected]

Using ATs and DOTs 0.084 MB

xyz AT example DOT com

Building with Javascript 0.144 MB

var m = 'xyz';         // you can use any clever method of
m += '@';              // creating the string containing the email
m += 'example.com';    // and then add it to the DOM (eg, via
$('.email').append(m); // jquery)

Replacing '@' and '.' with Entities 1.6 MB

xyz&#64;example&#46;com

Splitting E-Mail with comments 7.1 MB

xyz<!-- eat this spam -->@<!-- yeah! -->example<!-- shoo -->com

Urlencode 7.9 MB

xyz%40example.com

Plain Text 21 MB

[email protected]

This is the original statistical graph made by Silvan Mühlemann, all credit goes towards him:

The Stats as it was made by Silvan Mühlemann

So, to answer the question: Yes, (in a way) email obfuscation works.

fixed missing @ (non-trivial one character edit)

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edit approved Mar 30, 2011 at 22:44

Zano

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Some time ago I stumbled upon the post of someone who created a honeypot and waited for differently obsfucated email-addresses coming back:

http://techblog.tilllate.com/2008/07/20/ten-methods-to-obfuscate-eNine ways to obfuscate e-mail-addresses-compared/ addresses compare

CSS Codedirection 0 MB

<span style="unicode-bidi:bidi-override; direction: rtl;">
moc.elpmaxe@zyx
</span>

CSS display:none 0 MB

xyz<span style="display:none">foo</span>@example.com

ROT13 Encryption 0 MB

[email protected]

Using ATs and DOTs 0.084 MB

xyz AT example DOT com

Building with Javascript 0.144 MB

var m = 'xyz';        // you can use any clever method of
m += '@';             // creating the string containing the email
m += 'example.com';   // and then add it to the DOM (eg, via
$('.email).append(m); // jquery)

Replacing '@' and '.' with Entities 1.6 MB

xyz&#64;example&#46;com

Splitting E-Mail with comments 7.1 MB

xyz<!-- eat this spam --><>@<!-- yeah! -->example<!-- shoo -->com

Urlencode 7.9 MB

xyz%40example.com

Plain Text 21 MB

[email protected]

This is the original statistical graph made by Silvan Mühlemann, all credit goes towards him:

The Stats as it was made by Silvan Mühlemann

So, to answer the question: Yes, (in a way) email obsfucation works.

Some time ago I stumbled upon the post of someone who created a honeypot and waited for differently obsfucated email-addresses coming back:

http://techblog.tilllate.com/2008/07/20/ten-methods-to-obfuscate-e-mail-addresses-compared/

CSS Codedirection 0 MB

<span style="unicode-bidi:bidi-override; direction: rtl;">
moc.elpmaxe@zyx
</span>

CSS display:none 0 MB

xyz<span style="display:none">foo</span>@example.com

ROT13 Encryption 0 MB

[email protected]

Using ATs and DOTs 0.084 MB

xyz AT example DOT com

Building with Javascript 0.144 MB

var m = 'xyz';        // you can use any clever method of
m += '@';             // creating the string containing the email
m += 'example.com';   // and then add it to the DOM (eg, via
$('.email).append(m); // jquery)

Replacing '@' and '.' with Entities 1.6 MB

xyz&#64;example&#46;com

Splitting E-Mail with comments 7.1 MB

xyz<!-- eat this spam --><!-- yeah! -->example<!-- shoo -->com

Urlencode 7.9 MB

xyz%40example.com

Plain Text 21 MB

[email protected]

This is the original statistical graph made by Silvan Mühlemann, all credit goes towards him:

The Stats as it was made by Silvan Mühlemann

So, to answer the question: Yes, (in a way) email obsfucation works.

Some time ago I stumbled upon the post of someone who created a honeypot and waited for differently obsfucated email-addresses coming back:

Nine ways to obfuscate e-mail addresses compare

CSS Codedirection 0 MB

<span style="unicode-bidi:bidi-override; direction: rtl;">
moc.elpmaxe@zyx
</span>

CSS display:none 0 MB

xyz<span style="display:none">foo</span>@example.com

ROT13 Encryption 0 MB

[email protected]

Using ATs and DOTs 0.084 MB

xyz AT example DOT com

Building with Javascript 0.144 MB

var m = 'xyz';        // you can use any clever method of
m += '@';             // creating the string containing the email
m += 'example.com';   // and then add it to the DOM (eg, via
$('.email).append(m); // jquery)

Replacing '@' and '.' with Entities 1.6 MB

xyz&#64;example&#46;com

Splitting E-Mail with comments 7.1 MB

xyz<!-- eat this spam -->@<!-- yeah! -->example<!-- shoo -->com

Urlencode 7.9 MB

xyz%40example.com

Plain Text 21 MB

[email protected]

This is the original statistical graph made by Silvan Mühlemann, all credit goes towards him:

The Stats as it was made by Silvan Mühlemann

So, to answer the question: Yes, (in a way) email obsfucation works.

decided I don't like the numbered list here, it adds nothing but noise

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edited Jan 22, 2011 at 11:42

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indent 8 spaces for code in a list, please see /editing-help

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edited Jan 22, 2011 at 2:41

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changed markup a bit to no hit the rendering-"bug" of SU

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edited Jan 21, 2011 at 14:11

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transfered the data from the grafic into this post, also provided relevant obsfucation techniques

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edited Jan 21, 2011 at 13:52

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