How To Protect the Email Addresses in Your Directory

Are you looking for a way to protect the email address of contacts in your directory? Connections provides a several methods which you can use to accomplish this goal. Keep reading to learn how.

Method 1: Set the Email Address to Private

As you add an email address, change the Visibility option to Private. The email address will display only to logged in users. This is a simple solution, but not the best if you need to allow your visitors to email the directory contact.

Method 2: Display A Contact Form

Install the Contact extension. This add on prevents all email addresses from displaying regardless of their visibility setting. Instead, it will display a contact form. Your visitor can use the contact form to email the directory contact. Installation is quick and easy as it requires only a single setting option to be enabled.

Method 3: Encrypt the Email Address

The last method which you can use to protect email addresses is to install the ROT13 Email Encryption extension. Your visitors are able to view public email addresses and at the same time the addresses are being protected from email harvesting spam bots. This add on is very easy to use. You need only to install and activate it. No configuration is necessary as it works silently in the background.