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feature_request(spam): Unobfuscate e-mail alternative #523

Open Kristinita opened 6 years ago

Kristinita commented 6 years ago

1. Summary

In CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md file the user must insert unobfuscate e-mail. It would be nice, if would be possible use e-mail alternative.

2. Arguentation

Unobfuscate plain text e-mail has high risk of spam. E-mail spam is huge issue for most Internet users. I don't want add unobfuscate e-mail to our projects for spambots; I want, that users contact with our company, use another methods.

3. Example of expected behavior

To report violations, send your message by contact: <URL or e-mail>

4. Not helped

  1. I don't know, how I can obfuscate e-mail in Plain Text of Markdown markups.
  2. I can change @ symbol in e-mail, example: SashaMailAtSignkristinita.ru instead of SashaMail@kristinita.ru. But users may not understand, what is meant.

Thanks.

retrosight commented 6 years ago

@Kristinita

Generally speaking, it has been my experience that most individuals (especially those more technical than the average, which would seem to be the case for most people participating in open source contributions) know how to take an obfuscated email address and convert it to a real email address.

Some common examples you might want to try which are rather easy for humans to parse with their brains...

human_at_example_dot_com
human-at-example-dot-org
...and building off your example...
SashaMail-At-Signkristinita-dot-ru

If you would like to get a more deeply technical solution you might try an approach like those outlined here: https://perishablepress.com/best-method-for-email-obfuscation/ noting this is a bit dated (based on 2008 study) so spambots might (probably) know how to workaround most of the methods.

Just my simple thoughts -- and best wishes on finding the solution which is to your liking.

elsandosgrande commented 4 years ago

Also, people worried about this could simply create another email address for the purpose of the repository(ies).