[LINK] Putting "no spam" warnings on websites

[Roger Clarke]

>>  From: Webb, KerryA
>>  As you're well aware, the new Spam Act says that a commercial
>>  entity can infer consent to receive commercial e-mails
>>  relating to your function if you put your e-mail address on a
>>  site.  It's been suggested that putting a "no spam" sign
>>  adjacent to the address would convey to the spammer that you
>>  don't want to be contacted in this way.

"Ash Nallawalla" <nospam at crm911.com>
>Only offer an online form for contacts.

Yuk!  I've almost never seen one that was decently designed.  And I 
routinely send nasty messages to webmasters about the problems 
created by their denial of an email-address and their poor design of 
web-form-based feedback.

This is a head-on conflict between the interests of users and the 
interests of site managers - both of which are well-represented on 
link  (:-)}


>If you are forced to display an email address that is used only for initial
>contact, use aliases and keep changing them as often as is practicable.

Damn, why have I never thought of that application of indirect addressing?!

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