# How to stop spam when using mailto: in a html website

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**Created:** [June 27, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-stop-spam-when-using-mailto-in-a-html-website/192219 "2006-06-27T03:36:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![messlah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@messlah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/messlah)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-stop-spam-when-using-mailto-in-a-html-website/192219/1 "2006-06-27T03:36:56Z")

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Hi all,

Just wondering what is the best way to setup an email address on a website so that it makes it difficult for bots to pickup the email address for spamming etc.

Any help would be great