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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