obfuscate email address html

How can I obfuscate our email addresses on the website so they don't get combed by bots? Sorry, new to this platform and haven't a clue how to do it.

I would also like to know if this is an option. I don't always want to use a contact form, and spelling it out (i.e. joe [at] example [dot] com) is just annoying for visitors.

In all honesty, it's pointless trying to obfuscate an email address; bots are intelligent. 

Contact forms are better than publishing email addresses (in any form) but if you do publish them, it's a good idea to invest in a good email service with optimal spam management/removal.

I had an email address typed out with brackets on our FAQ, Privacy Policy, and Terms of Service pages... maybe I'll just change it to a "contact us" link to the contact form.  

Thanks for feedback.

On 6/12/2020 at 12:47 PM, paul2009 said:

In all honesty, it's pointless trying to obfuscate an email address; bots are intelligent. 

Contact forms are better than publishing email addresses (in any form) but if you do publish them, it's a good idea to invest in a good email service with optimal spam management/removal.

This is absolutely untrue and misleading!  Responses like this are just an excuse to gaslight customers and users for Squarespace not to build it in because it's a considerable amount of coding from scratch. But if they still have platform coders there are plenty of scripts that do this it can use. 

For instance, other content management systems (CMS) like Joomla builds this in as a basic baseline security function. Here is the output HTML source code after Joomla processes it:

Here is an example of what you see on the screen:

The above list is only representative of the conduct not permitted under these Terms and is not exhaustive. Company does not screen the behavior of users and is not liable for their actions or violations of these Terms. If you suspect a user is in violation of these Terms, please contact Company at privacypolicy@domain.org. Any conduct deemed inappropriate by Company may result in suspension or termination of your Company account and License.

Here is the source code:

<p>The above list is only representative of the conduct not permitted under these Terms and is not exhaustive. Company does not screen the behavior of users and is not liable for their actions or violations of these Terms. If you suspect a user is in violation of these Terms, please contact Company at <span id="cloak4a75bf9c427ec4347666ec02b3bc8841">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.</span><script type='text/javascript'>
				document.getElementById('cloak4a75bf9c427ec4347666ec02b3bc8841').innerHTML = '';
				var prefix = '&#109;a' + 'i&#108;' + '&#116;o';
				var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '=';
				var addy4a75bf9c427ec4347666ec02b3bc8841 = 'pr&#105;v&#97;cyp&#111;l&#105;cy' + '&#64;';
				addy4a75bf9c427ec4347666ec02b3bc8841 = addy4a75bf9c427ec4347666ec02b3bc8841 + '&#97;lc&#111;h&#111;lj&#117;st&#105;c&#101;' + '&#46;' + '&#111;rg?s&#117;bj&#101;ct=T&#101;rms%20&#111;f%20S&#101;rv&#105;c&#101;:';
				var addy_text4a75bf9c427ec4347666ec02b3bc8841 = 'pr&#105;v&#97;cyp&#111;l&#105;cy' + '&#64;' + '&#97;lc&#111;h&#111;lj&#117;st&#105;c&#101;' + '&#46;' + '&#111;rg';document.getElementById('cloak4a75bf9c427ec4347666ec02b3bc8841').innerHTML += '<a ' + path + '\'' + prefix + ':' + addy4a75bf9c427ec4347666ec02b3bc8841 + '\'>'+addy_text4a75bf9c427ec4347666ec02b3bc8841+'<\/a>';
		</script>. Any conduct deemed inappropriate by Company may result in suspension or termination of your Company account and License.</p>