asterion
4 days ago
You could have additional characters in the E-Mail address that people would have to remove in order to use it (ex. ab3 cd @gh 3i j. com and then inform readers to remove all "3's" in order to use). That should stop most bots. [NOTE: I had to add spaces to the fake E-Mail address so that it wouldn't become 'real' but that's also another tactic that you could use to thwart bots]
klea78
4 days ago
if you worry about spam - just make a burner email. in most email clients you can block spamers if necessary anyway
brachypelmide
4 days ago
you can also save your email address as an image and embed it on the site. or you can store the address in Base64 and then use the atob() javascript function to decode it when you press a button. i personally use the method @arandomsite mentioned where you substitute symbols for their phonetic forms. most mainstream email providers (e.g. proton, posteo, etc.) will also let you set up email aliases
brachypelmide
4 days ago
i've used proton and posteo and their spam filters seem to be very good. i don't think i ever got even a single spam email while using them. frankly as long as you use email aliases you're pretty much spam-free forever imo
tabf5
4 days ago
Yeah I just put my email in an image on my site. I got no idea how to do a contact form. I'm sorry about the Insta suspension though that really sucks
goose-of-many-trades
4 days ago
https://letterbird.co/ is free and open source!! goodenough is a good organisation
aznet
4 days ago
Spam hasn't been a problem online in email since 2006, you're much more likely to get scammed on social media. Most email providers entirely block you from ever seeing, making email just as compromised. Write your own page using ntfy. Check my /chat page for a demo.
Thanks!