# "mailto:" in SWF vs HTML

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mailto-in-swf-vs-html/229593>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 18, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mailto-in-swf-vs-html/229593 "2007-06-18T20:45:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trulsnord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@Trulsnord](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Trulsnord)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mailto-in-swf-vs-html/229593/1 "2007-06-18T20:45:52Z")

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Is an e-mail-link (“mailto:”) in a .swf-file as vulnerable to spam as one in a HTML-file?  
I have a client that got tons of spam after publishing their current homepage (all HTML) some time ago, with e-mail-links (“mailto:”).  
Now we are discussing a new homepage and they wonder if it is less risky to have their “mailto:” baked into a site built entirely in Flash. (If not, they don’t want links, only the adressess as text.)

Sincerely  
/Truls