Before you read any further, take into context this isn’t going to fully help you in terms of lessening your spam. However, it is a neat trick and will help some, or at least deter some spamming bots from picking your e-mail address and using it for spam.

While at work today I was performing some maintenance on a project that was handed to me and I noticed a tiny bit of javascript used to print an e-mail address, but by doing so kept it seperate and not connected.

<script type="text/javascript">
    emailE=('roberthash@' + 'yahoo.com')
    document.write('<A href="mailto:' + emailE + '">' + emailE + '</a>')
</script>

What you see first is that a variable is assigned two values that are added together. By splitting the e-mail into two pieces (in theory), this will assist in deterring spam bots searching for a valid e-mail address.

emailE=('roberthash@' + 'yahoo.com')

From there we utilize the document.write() function to print this text to the browser window.

document.write('<A href="mailto:' + emailE + '">' + emailE + '</a>')

Another beautiful part is that if Javascript is not installed, this means there won’t be an e-mail address showcased. However, this could be a pain if you have someone trying to find your e-mail address that has a legit reason to contact you - but doesn’t have Javascript.

As usual, it is a method to be used at your own risk or if you feel it is indeed the solution for your project.

With further research, I have found the origination of this code, which can be found at http://www.joemaller.com/js-mailer.shtml.

As you can see - it is a very simple approach that even a novice programmer can understand. Who says you can’t learn new tricks?