https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/email-address-masking Gravity Support Forums Topic: Email address masking en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:52:18 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/email-address-masking#post-45534 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:22:16 +0000 Chris Hajer 45534@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>If you simply want to prevent scrapers and spammers from grabbing the email address from your listings, you could use this plugin (which I use on every WordPress site I have):<br /> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/obfuscate-email/" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/obfuscate-email/</a></p> <p>That will prevent most scrapers from grabbing the email addresses. Otherwise, I think BuddyPress would be a possibility, with private messaging. That seems like overkill for this though. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/email-address-masking#post-45532 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:19:51 +0000 Chris Hajer 45532@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>There is nothing in Gravity Forms that will take care of this, but the link to using Google Apps for your Domain looked promising. Otherwise, you will need to create an email for everyone who leaves an email, then manage that. You will need to map the submitted email address to the private one in any case. Then you need to create that private email, and handle mail delivered there as well.</p> <p>There may be a way to do this in WordPress (like private messaging in BuddyPress) but it's not built in to Gravity Forms. You will have to extend the capabilities of WordPress. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/email-address-masking#post-45512 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:52:33 +0000 Watty 45512@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Chris - I just started a site for lost pets in our community. I'm sure some folks will post their email addy as a form of contacting them (I advise against it for obvious reasons). I was hoping to somehow mask their email address for them so they won't get mega-spammed.</p> <p><a href="http://powaypets.com" rel="nofollow">http://powaypets.com</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/email-address-masking#post-45463 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:39:03 +0000 Chris Hajer 45463@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Found this online:<br /> <a href="http://www.lifeaftercubes.com/2010/07/22/how-to-create-anonymous-email-addresses-like-craigslist-using-google-apps/" rel="nofollow">http://www.lifeaftercubes.com/2010/07/22/how-to-create-anonymous-email-addresses-like-craigslist-using-google-apps/</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/email-address-masking#post-45462 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:37:32 +0000 Chris Hajer 45462@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Once your visitor submits an email address to you, you are going to use that somewhere, and you want a randomized email address rather than publishing their email? Where are you going to use this email? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/email-address-masking#post-45384 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:31:45 +0000 Watty 45384@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Was wondering if it's possible to have GF give the option of masking a user submitted email address for replies (similar to CraigsList.com). If not - any suggestions for a plug-in that might work with GF to allow this? </p>