Can I hide my email address

[pixelforce]

I would like to hide my email ( mailto: ) address used in the xml file. Below is the typical format I currently use. (please note I used [at] instead of @ in the example below)

mailto:me[at]addr.com,you[at]another.com?cc=someone[at]else.com&bcc=somebody[at]differnent.com&subject=test&body=type+your&body=me ssage+here

• It would send an email to "me" and "you"
• It would cc "someone"
• It would bcc "somebody"
• Subject contains "test"
• Body would read:

type your
message here

My concern is that harvesters will pick up the email addresses using this method. I do have a Javascript solution but can't get it to work in the XML file so I assume javascript is not supported in XML.

<script type="text/javascript">

/*<![CDATA[*/

<!-- Encrypted version of: info [at] ************.*** //-->

var emailriddlerarray=[105,110,102,111,64,118,101,105,110,99,101,110,116, 101,114,110,104,46,99,111,109]
var encryptedemail_id60='' //variable to contain encrypted email
for (var i=0; i<emailriddlerarray.length; i++)
encryptedemail_id60+=String.fromCharCode(emailridd lerarray[i])

document.write('<a href="mailto:'+encryptedemail_id60+'">E-mail Us</a>')

/*]]>*/
</script>

Is there a solution for this?

Thanks for the help.

[rynoe]

[QUOTE]
My concern is that harvesters will pick up the email addresses using this method. I do have a Javascript solution but can't get it to work in the XML file so I assume javascript is not supported in XML.
[QUOTE]

Ever heard of ajax? I'm not real familiar with it but maybe a solution there.

[pixelforce]

Yes I've heard of Ajax - and used it - but my SWF file needs to reference an XML for content and the link for the mailto address. Can the XML file reference the Ajax script for the mailto address?

I found out that I could make it work but I would need to use php or asp to output the XML and that way I can use the javascript. XML alone is not allowed to have javascripts in it. But I don't know how to go about making php output the XML - yet...

Still, one would think that there would be a way to reference a hidden email address via XML, but maybe not.

I will prevail!

[a_modified_dog]

can you make use of this method -

var arr = [];
var xmlmail = "";

_xml = new XML();
_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
_xml.load("mail.xml");

_xml.onLoad = function(){
mailNode = this.firstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes.toString();
arr = mailNode.split(",");
for (var i=0; i<arr.length; i++){
xmlmail+=String.fromCharCode(arr[i]);
}
trace(xmlmail); // info[at]veincenternh[dot]com
// note I used [at] and [dot]  instead of @ and . in this example to hide the mail address
}; 

-- mail.xml --

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
<mail>105,110,102,111,64,118,101,105,110,99,101,11 0,116, 101,114,110,104,46,99,111,109</mail>
</root>