What does "spamblock" mean?

Text inserted into an email address in order to make it invalid, though still readable to a human being. For example, in "jsmith-[AT]-example-[DOT]-com", the "@" and "." symbols have been replaced with literal text to prevent automated spambots from finding the email address while still leaving it readable.

Spamblock

noun, verb

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Noun

1
Text inserted into an email address in order to make it invalid, though still readable to a human being. For example, in "jsmith-[AT]-example-[DOT]-com", the "@" and "." symbols have been replaced with literal text to prevent automated spambots from finding the email address while still leaving it readable.

Verb

1
To obfuscate (an email address) with a spamblock.

Etymology

From spam + block.

Related phrases

email address human being

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