IP: Email Extraction

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 19:22:17 -0400
> From: "Sean C. Sheridan" <scs () CampusParty com>
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Email Extraction
>
> Dave,
>
>
> I suspect you know that there exist email harvesting tools which extract 
> addresses from text and
> html.  (I can write a recursive robot in Perl that performs this task in a 
> few minutes).  In doing a
> search on the IP site for 'mailto' I located more than 200 email 
> addresses, without using any
> program; just the HotBot search feature embedded in the page.
>
> The only way I have found to prevent harvesters from finding my address is 
> to add a '+' to my
> address, as in: scs+ () CampusParty com
>
> Perhaps the IP'ers might consider supporting a standard I am attempting to 
> develop to help prevent
> unwanted spam.  I propose creating a file at the root of your server 
> called harvest.txt listing all
> email addresses associated with that server that have elected Not to 
> receive spam.  (Example
> available at: http://www.CampusParty.com/harvest.txt).
>
> Following the model of the Robot's Exclusion Standard
> (http://info.webcrawler.com/mak/projects/robots/robots.html)  I propose 
> the world would be a better
> place if harvesters adopt the Email Exclusion Standard: 
> http://www.CampusParty.com/projects/
>
>
> I welcome comments and criticisms at: harvest () CampusParty com
>
>
> Sean C. Sheridan
> scs+ () CampusParty com
> (215) 569-3950
>
> Campus Party, Inc.
> 1700 Market Street
> Philadelphia, PA
> 19103



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