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21 Apr 2005 | SearchSecurity.com

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8.) What is the word for the deliberate alteration of an e-mail address so that a human reader can decode it but a spambot cannot?

Answer from the SearchSecurity.com glossary:
Munging is the deliberate alteration of an e-mail address online with the intent of making the address unusable for Web-based programs that build e-mail lists for spamming purposes. (Read the rest of the definition.)

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