I am seeing more and more online email addresses in this format..

name at hotmail dot com

Or something in text form like that..  This would not really be
applicable in a directory, but with those one shot email addresses you
might put at the end of an announcement. 

Spam-bots can't search the web for address that way..    


Peter Drescher
Technology Integration Specialist
Vermont Institutes
Alumni Hall
45 College St.
Montpelier, VT  05602
802-828-1381 (voice)
802-828-1327 (fax) 
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-----Original Message-----
From: School Information Technology Discussion
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Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:13 AM
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Subject: Re: What? spam vs. email on the web

School Information Technology Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>> 1) As a parent--I like being able to go to the school's web site 
>> (HPES)
>and
>> pick up her teacher's email for a quick question that pops up about
>something
>> that came home in the mail or whatever.
>
>One solution is to make all school email addresses "formulaic" (most 
>are)
>-
>
>[log in to unmask] for all staff members, then 
>firstinitial+there
>is
>no question about "what is his/her email address?"

Milton does the same thing.  Instead of placing the actual email address
on the web page, we place a listing of the faculty and then provide the
formula used to create their email address.  This has definitely helped
with reducing the amount of spam emails to our users.

Fred Wadlington, Systems Administrator
Milton Town School District
(802) 893-3210 x1114