Developing a mailbot script

Conclusion

Given how easy it is to automatically extract data from the web, I believe it is preferable to use contact forms rather than publicly displaying your email address. Alternatively, it is advisable to format the email in a way that avoids bot detection, such as myaddress at mydomain dot com.

Infos

  1. VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/download
  2. Installing from the terminal: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux
  3. Code for this article: https://linuxnewmedia.thegood.cloud/s/5Rzx9tQW2FJ6N3Z
  4. "Extracting a URL in Python," Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/839994/extracting-a-url-in-python
  5. "Extract email sub-strings from large document," Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17681670/extract-email-sub-strings-from-large-document

The Author

Andrea Ciarrocchi (http://andreaciarrocchi.altervista.org) is a technology enthusiast.

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