UBB.Developers Forums UBB.threads 6 V6 Modifications V6 Mod Ideas again: spam-bot protection

There are already some hacks around that protect the users profile or generate tons of fake-eMails to feed to bots .

What I like to do is protect every eMail that is typed inside a normal post. Lots of users just type their eMail address without knowing what will happen to them soon...

One way could be to use HTML-Unicode. I'm not too sure if this really is a protection against spam-bots.
instead of:
<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>
it looks like:
<a href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;:&#97;&#98;&#99;&#64;&#100;&#101;&#102;.&#99;&#111;&#109;">
&#97;&#98;&#99;&#64;&#100;&#101;&#102;.&#99;&#111;&#109;</a>

There's no more mailto: or @-sign. Any experience with that way?

ever thought of using this instead...

code:
 excelsior%40theddz.com

the %40 = @ 

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Just for reference: posting a related thread link.
Whatever the procedure of preventing email spam spiders, I think we all agree it is very needed!

This really isn't a threads issue. It's a mail client issue. Provide a link on your forum to spamnet.com - a peer to peer (currently free) spam solution.

What is being requested here is not a way to block spam but to prevent spammers from getting your email so that you dont even have to block them. So yes, it does have to do with threads.