[access-uk] Re: Spelling 'at' in email address
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 16:22:46 +0100
Absolutely, Barry. But the robots have got that one sussed
as well.
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barry Hill
Sent: 03 August 2006 16:15
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Spelling 'at' in email address
Isn't it possible to just have a link with no address? Am I
wrong in thinking that I have come across things like *To
contact us, click here* where the 'click here' is a
hyperlink to a blank email?
Barry
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 3:30 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Spelling 'at' in email address
> Hi Barry,
>
> In fairness, Calibre do say enquiries -at- calibre.org.uk.
> Note the space, hyphen, a, t, hyphen, space.
>
> This is to discourage these infernal web robots which go
> around hunting for anything like an e-mail address.
>
> Ideally, Calibre should add a comment to advise people to
> replace the " -at- " with a commercial at sign.
>
> George.
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barry Hill
> Sent: 03 August 2006 15:09
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Spelling 'at' in email address
>
>
> Hi all
>
> Has anyone come across a contact email address that has
the
> word 'at' in the email address instead of the symbol '@'?
> Calibre talking books have this and when I pointed it out
> this is the reply I got:
>
> "The reason for the at in our e-mail address is that junk
> mail is generated by picking up e-mail addresses using the
@
> symbol on web pages."
>
> This is logical, but I'm sure I've seen email address'
that
> are just hyperlinks without the address written in.
>
> Barry
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