Examples
Common methods of disguising addresses include:
| Disguised address | Recovering the original address |
|---|---|
| no-one at example (dot) com | Replace " at " with "@", and " (dot) " with "." |
| no-one@elpmaxe.com.invalid | Reverse domain name: elpmaxe to example remove .invalid |
| moc.elpmaxe@eno-on | Reverse the entire address |
| no-one@exampleREMOVEME.com | Instructions in the address itself; remove REMOVEME. |
| no-one@exampleNOSPAM.com.invalid | Remove NOSPAM and .invalid from the address. |
| n o - o n e @ e x a m p l e . c o m | This is still readable, but the spaces between letters stop automatic spambots. |
| no-one@example.com (as HTML) | This is still readable and can be copied directly from webpages, but stops many email harvesters. |
| по-опе@ехатрlе.сот | Cannot be copied directly from Webpages, must be manually copied. All letters except l are Cyrillic homoglyphs that are identical to Latin equivalents to the human eye but incomprehensibly different to most computers. (See also IDN homograph attack for more malicious use of this strategy.) |
The reserved top-level domain .invalid is appended to ensure that a real e-mail address is not inadvertently generated. One problem is that some spammers will now remove obvious munges and send spam to the cleaned up address. For this reason many people recommend using a totally invalid address (especially in the From line) and perhaps a disposable email address in the Reply To.
Read more about this topic: Address Munging
Famous quotes containing the word examples:
“There are many examples of women that have excelled in learning, and even in war, but this is no reason we should bring ‘em all up to Latin and Greek or else military discipline, instead of needle-work and housewifry.”
—Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733)
“It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people’s attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)
“In the examples that I here bring in of what I have [read], heard, done or said, I have refrained from daring to alter even the smallest and most indifferent circumstances. My conscience falsifies not an iota; for my knowledge I cannot answer.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)