mailto.php 1.4.1 review

mailto.php reclaims HTML mailto: links from spammers' e-mail address harvesters

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 10K Developer: Gavin Brown

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mailto.php reclaims HTML mailto: links from spammers' e-mail address harvesters. Using JavaScript, it creates a link to an e-mail address while keeping the actual address obfuscated.

mailto.php turns this:

< a href="mailto:user@host.com">user@host.com< /a>

into

< script language="JavaScript"
type="text/javascript">eval(unescape('%76%61%72%20%61%64%64%72%20%3
d%20%27%25%36%61%25%36%66%25%36%34%25%37%32%25%36%35%25%36%63%25%36%63%25%34%30%
25%37%33%25%37%30%25%36%66%25%36%34%25%32%65%25%37%35%25%36%62%25%32%65%25%36%65
%25%36%35%25%37%34%27%3b%76%61%72%20%73%74%72%69%6e%67%20%3d%20%27%25%36%61%25%3
6%66%25%36%34%25%37%32%25%36%35%25%36%63%25%36%63%25%34%30%25%37%33%25%37%30%25%
36%66%25%36%34%25%32%65%25%37%35%25%36%62%25%32%65%25%36%65%25%36%35%25%37%34%27
%3b%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%20%68%72%65%66%3d%2
2%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%27%20%2b%20%75%6e%65%73%63%61%70%65%28%61%64%64%72%29%20%
2b%20%27%22%3e%27%20%2b%20%75%6e%65%73%63%61%70%65%28%73%74%72%69%6e%67%29%20%2b
%20%27%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29%3b'));< /script>

Which is pretty hard for e-mail gathering programs to decode.

mailto.php has been tested in all major browsers, including Mozilla, NS4, IE, Opera and Konqueror.