{"id":41,"date":"2024-07-29T20:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T20:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2025-07-28T20:56:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T20:56:59","slug":"emailaddressesorgs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/index.php\/emailaddressesorgs\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom Email Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-2-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:16px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n\t<meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"\/>\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"LibreOffice 25.2.4.3 (Windows)\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"created\" content=\"2020-10-29T17:17:49.505000000\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"changed\" content=\"2025-07-28T16:50:40.337519900\"\/>\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t@page { size: 21.59cm 27.94cm; margin: 2cm }\n\t\tp { background: transparent; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.25cm; background: transparent }\n\t\ttd p { background: transparent; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.25cm; orphans: 0; widows: 0; background: transparent }\n\t\ta:link { color: #000080; so-language: zxx; text-decoration: underline }\n\t<\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body lang=\"en-US\" link=\"#000080\" vlink=\"#800000\" dir=\"ltr\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\">\n<br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><font size=\"6\" style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><b>Email\nAddresses Posted Online<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 4.7cm; margin-left: 0.4cm; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto\">\nEmail addresses can be posted on websites for contact information.\nMost organizations prefer to use email forms that send the filled out\nform&#8217;s message to an undisclosed email address when the button to\nsend the message is clicked on. Email forms are used on websites to\nreduce the amount of spam organizations receive. When email addresses\nare not posted on web pages, spammers cannot access them from web\npage content. Email address privacy is enhanced and spam is greatly\nreduced in quantity. Also, attachments to the email forms can be not\npermitted upon desire. Email attachments can pose security threats to\ncomputer systems if the attached files are designed to cause harm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\"><br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\"><font size=\"5\" style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><b>Organizational\nWebsites<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\">Most\norganizations like businesses and service providers now use email\nforms instead of posting their contact email address. This change was\nmade by organizations to combat high volumes of spam they risked\nreceiving by posting their contact email address on their respective\nwebsites. The way it works for the sender of an email to an\norganization through an email form is the following. With email\nforms, the contact email address is masked and the email address is\nonly revealed if a response is returned to the sender. <font color=\"#000000\">A\nminority of the websites for organizations still reveal contact email\naddresses. Many of these contact email address listings are for\nprofessionals of organizations. Others are like the following.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\"><br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\"><font color=\"#000000\">info@example.com<\/font><\/p>\n<table width=\"956\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n\t<col width=\"948\"\/>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td width=\"948\" height=\"787\" valign=\"top\" style=\"background: transparent; border: none; padding: 0cm\"><p align=\"left\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5cm\">\n\t\t\t<br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p align=\"left\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5cm\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Liberation Serif, serif\">A\n\t\t\tCanadian Tire website form<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p align=\"left\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5cm\"><br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p align=\"left\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5cm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CanadianTireForm_Email.jpg\" name=\"Image1\" align=\"left\" width=\"819\" height=\"605\" border=\"0\"\/>\n<br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p align=\"left\"><br\/>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto\">\nEmail forms consist of a number of fields. Some of the most common\nfields are noted, below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\">First Name,\nLast Name, Email Address, Subject, Message<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\"><br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\">Additional\nfields can be added, too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\"><br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\">Often, certain\nfields have an &#8216;*&#8217; next to them. This usually means that it is\nrequired for the field to be not left empty. When one of these fields\nis left unfilled, the message will not be able to be sent until the\ngiven field which is empty is filled with content as requested. Also,\ncertain fields may have format requirements, like proper formatting\nof email addresses. Another example is postal code formatting. Y5T2Z1\nmay not be accepted since there is no space in it between T and 2.\nYou should always ensure that email forms are filled in correctly so\nthere will be no error messages arising upon sending them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\"><br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\"><font size=\"5\" style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><b>Private\nor Personal Websites<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\">Personal\nwebsites have largely shifted away from posting email contact\naddresses to using forms, too. However, you can still find more\npostings of contact email addresses on personal or private web pages\ncompared to organizations&#8217; websites. Spam reduction is the key reason\nfor this shift. Normally, when an email address is disclosed on a web\npage, it is seen as a hyperlink that can be clicked on to send email\nto it from an email client. An example is the following.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\">Contact:\n<font color=\"#0000ff\"><u>info@example.com<\/u><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\"><br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\"><br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\"><font size=\"5\" style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><b>Benefits\nof Email Forms<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\">Organizational\nwebsites are preferred by organizations and businesses to be made to\nlook professional in layout. Using email forms is a significant asset\nfor enhancing the appeal of a web page to users. The option to permit\nusers to attach files to the email can be included, too. However,\nmost email forms do not permit files to be attached to them on the\nInternet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\">Email forms\nare beneficial to use on web pages for providing an avenue to contact\na person or organization by email in a number of ways. They include\nthe following.<\/p>\n<ul>\n\t<li><p style=\"background: transparent\">The contact email address is\n\tnot disclosed on the web page. As a result, the contact email\n\taddress cannot be copied from the web page to use by spammers as a\n\tspam destination.<\/p><\/li>\n\t<li><p style=\"background: transparent\">Email forms present a\n\tprofessional look to the public when they are used by organizations.<\/p><\/li>\n\t<li><p style=\"background: transparent\">They are easier for business\n\tcustomers to use.<\/p><\/li>\n\t<li><p style=\"background: transparent\">New customers can be gained\n\tmore easily by organizations and businesses.<\/p><\/li>\n\t<li><p style=\"background: transparent\">Information obtained by forms\n\tcan be specified for business needs.<\/p><\/li>\n\t<li><p style=\"background: transparent\">Provided information is more\n\tconsistent compared to information provided in emails from email\n\taccounts.<\/p><\/li>\n\t<li><p style=\"background: transparent\">Conditions before sending the\n\temail can be mandated to be checked off before the message can be\n\tsent.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\"><br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\"><br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\"><font size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><b>Links<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FormMail\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">Wikipedia\n&#8211; FormMail<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.4cm; background: transparent\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpforms.com\/contact-form-vs-email-address-which-is-better\/\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">Contact\nForm vs Email Address \u2013 Which is Better?<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Email Addresses Posted Online Email addresses can be posted on websites for contact information. Most organizations prefer to use email forms that send the filled out form&#8217;s message to an undisclosed email address when the button to send the message is clicked on. 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