The problem is that these email reapers are not obliged to -- and probably don't -- respect "no bot" directives. -R. Cleadie Barnett wrote in part: > 8>< > > This method could have just that page as as "no bot", and the rest of > the site would be free to be searched.

A link (or anchor) has two parts: 1. The markup: <A href="mailto:...">___</A> 2. The content: which is coded where you see the underscores above. This is what gets displayed by a browser. I'm recommending that you encode parts of the actual URL in the href= part, and NOT include your address in the content part. I think that it's just too easy for the spiders to find it there. -R. Marie A Robinson wrote: > What do you mean by this? > > <snip> > > >>> . . . -- and don't use the address as the link content (displayed > form). >>> > > Marie.

singhals wrote: > > It is now apparently possible to harvest e-dresses off our webpages. > > I assume they're well-behaved little 'bots, so I could just slap a > "no-bots" in the META tags, but then the pages don't get indexed either. > > Is there some way to keep it easy for my GenWeb visitors to reach me > (without my having to set up and visit yet another e-mail acct) while > keeping the harvesters at bay? If you want to go the ASCII-encode route, this page is a big help: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cyrs/CharacterTest.htm I encode the 'mailto:' part, too, because that may be what the spam-bots are searching for. Valorie

Well, it has /always/ been possible. It's just that it's now being done to the point of becoming a big problem. Did you get one of those solicitations: "WARNING: A SPAM Robot harvested your email address!"? So did I. Several! Some possibilities: 1. The tool advertised in that spam/solicitation would do the job -- but requires JavaScript. Your non-JS users would not see the underlying address, nor would the "link" be active. 2. Convert your address to an image, and post that -- but don't make it an active link! 3. Change some of the characters in your address to encoded form, e.g. change the "@" to "%40", and any periods (".") to "%2E" -- and don't use the address as the link content (displayed form). This will work until the spiders get smarter. Chances are that it will foil the majority for quite a while -- assuming that it's not worthwhile to educate the spiders for the sake of another few addresses. -R. singhals wrote: > It is now apparently possible to harvest e-dresses off our webpages. > > I assume they're well-behaved little 'bots, so I could just slap a > "no-bots" in the META tags, but then the pages don't get indexed either. > > Is there some way to keep it easy for my GenWeb visitors to reach me > (without my having to set up and visit yet another e-mail acct) while > keeping the harvesters at bay? > > Cheryl > *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* > Cheryl Singhal (Singhals@erols.com) > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpafug/ > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/ > http://www.capaccess.org/com/troop763/ > http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/blyton/772/ (Bottony Cross DAR) > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/ > http://members.fortunecity.com/csinghal1/ (Joanna Waddill UDC) > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 -- Regards, Rod Dav4is / P.O. Box 118 / Hyde Park, NY 12538 / USA Genealogy, et Cetera: http://dav4is.8m.com 279 ancestral & collateral families, mostly 17th-19th century New England, total population: 63,369 Also: http://www.gencircles.com/users/dav4is/

What do you mean by this? <snip> >>> . . . -- and don't use the address as the link content (displayed form). >>> Marie.

It is now apparently possible to harvest e-dresses off our webpages. I assume they're well-behaved little 'bots, so I could just slap a "no-bots" in the META tags, but then the pages don't get indexed either. Is there some way to keep it easy for my GenWeb visitors to reach me (without my having to set up and visit yet another e-mail acct) while keeping the harvesters at bay? Cheryl *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Cheryl Singhal (Singhals@erols.com) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpafug/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/ http://www.capaccess.org/com/troop763/ http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/blyton/772/ (Bottony Cross DAR) http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/ http://members.fortunecity.com/csinghal1/ (Joanna Waddill UDC)

In a message dated 12/29/01 8:40:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, michelleann@ameritech.net writes: > Does anyone know why the server has been down for 2 days now? When will > it be back up? Michelle- Which server? To my knowledge there hasn't been any server down since earlier this last week when Homepages was down for a bit--but not for two days. Joan

Suggestion - make your e-mail address in plain text , they will have to cut and paste when readers want you , but it will stop the harvesting . I am going to make a alternative address my self, so its not directed to my main address. Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "singhals" <singhals@erols.com> To: <RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 8:08 AM Subject: [RW-Help] address-harvesting? > It is now apparently possible to harvest e-dresses off our webpages. > > I assume they're well-behaved little 'bots, so I could just slap a > "no-bots" in the META tags, but then the pages don't get indexed either. > > Is there some way to keep it easy for my GenWeb visitors to reach me > (without my having to set up and visit yet another e-mail acct) while > keeping the harvesters at bay? > > Cheryl >

Does anyone know why the server has been down for 2 days now? When will it be back up? Michelle

I appreciate all who shared the tombstone saying, both on and off the list. Rod Davis shared a website, off list, that you might enjoy. It's at http://www.alsirat.com/epitaphs/ This particular one is at http://www.alsirat.com/epitaphs/passing.html Many thanks to each of you, John New Orleans

In Glensted Cemetery, Morgan, County, MO the memory line is written: "As you are now, so once was I, so I am now, so you will be, so prepare to follow me."

I have an excel document which I am thinking about turning into a webpage and uploading onto my site. But when I went for a quick converse using the <pre></pre> command it did not maintain the formatting of the 6 columns. Do I need to code the page to recognize the columns. Or is there another way my little HTML book does not tell me about. Steve

I've heard that another line was added... 'To follow you I'll not consent, till I know which way you went' >From: Jane Goodsell <goodsell@infi.net> >To: RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [RW-Help] Re: Mystery Inscription >Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 14:10:42 -0500 > >John: > > I think the inscription you are looking for is: > > "Stop, my friends, as you pass by, as you are now, so once was I. >As I am now, soon you must be. Prepare, my friends to follow me." > > Jane Goodsell, CC > Gloucester Co, Va. > >********************************** > >Hi Neighbors, > >Can anyone complete or correct this inscription which is supposed to >have come from an old New England gravestone? > >"I was once as you are now, >As I am now, so you will be, >............" > >Many thanks, >John >New Orleans > > > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

At 11:58 AM 12/27/2001 -0600, Steve Alvarez wrote: >I have an excel document which I am thinking about turning into a webpage >and uploading onto my site. But when I went for a quick converse using >the <pre></pre> command it did not maintain the formatting of the 6 columns. > >Do I need to code the page to recognize the columns. Or is there another >way my little HTML book does not tell me about. > > >Steve > Steve- Here's a page with instructions to do what you want. http://htmlhelp.rootsweb.com/tutorials/genpages/excel.html I use it. It is clear, easy, fast and gives you a small file. -Richard

John: I think the inscription you are looking for is: "Stop, my friends, as you pass by, as you are now, so once was I. As I am now, soon you must be. Prepare, my friends to follow me." Jane Goodsell, CC Gloucester Co, Va. ********************************** Hi Neighbors, Can anyone complete or correct this inscription which is supposed to have come from an old New England gravestone? "I was once as you are now, As I am now, so you will be, ............" Many thanks, John New Orleans

Hi Neighbors, Can anyone complete or correct this inscription which is supposed to have come from an old New England gravestone? "I was once as you are now, As I am now, so you will be, ............" Many thanks, John New Orleans

Hi! Is the homepage server down for some reason? Or have I just messed something up and lost all my pages? Thanks... Rel@ively, Patrice

At 10:41 AM 12/26/2001 -0500, greenhouse@cfl.rr.com wrote: >Hi! > >Is the homepage server down for some reason? Or have I just messed >something up and lost all my pages? Thanks... Patrice: The server is down -- we're reporting it to the skeleton staff working today. Regards, Elsi

Also works fine on Internet Explorer 5.5 and Opera 6.0! Rich Jonesboro AR John wrote: > > It works just fine with Netscape v.4.7. No problem at all. It went > right back to "Biography" without any trouble. > John > New Orleans > --------------------------- > > W David Samuelsen wrote: > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~orbaker/test/ > > > > 1. Click on Surname List > > 2. Go to "C" surnames, click on Cranston > > 3. Choose Herbert B. Cranston > > 4. Click on "Biography" > > 5. Go to bottom and click on BGHMU Families link > > > > That is where it went wrong. > > > > What is the error and what is the correct sequence? > > > > W. David Samuelsen > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 -- Rich Holler Email Rich@JonesboroRealtor.com Website http://www.JonesboroRealtor.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

It works just fine with Netscape v.4.7. No problem at all. It went right back to "Biography" without any trouble. John New Orleans --------------------------- W David Samuelsen wrote: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~orbaker/test/ > > 1. Click on Surname List > 2. Go to "C" surnames, click on Cranston > 3. Choose Herbert B. Cranston > 4. Click on "Biography" > 5. Go to bottom and click on BGHMU Families link > > That is where it went wrong. > > What is the error and what is the correct sequence? > > W. David Samuelsen > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237