Plaintext email checker

What is a Plaintext Email Checker?

The Plaintext Email Checker scans a webpage's raw HTML for text matching an email address pattern and lists every one it finds exposed directly in the page source.

Why This Matters

  • Spam harvesting — Automated bots crawl the web specifically looking for plaintext email addresses to add to spam lists; exposing one directly all but guarantees it will be harvested.
  • Safer alternatives — Contact forms, obfuscated email scripts, or images of the address are common ways to display contact info to humans without exposing it to scrapers.
  • Privacy — Personal or staff email addresses left in old page source (comments, cached versions) can be an unintentional privacy leak.

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