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Converting your Email Links to Unicode

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What is Unicode?

Unicode is intended to be a Universal character set supporting every written script used on Earth. Each character is represented by a group of sybols and numbers. For example, a different combination of characers represents a lowercase a (a) than would an upper case A (A). All characters including some that can not be typed on a standard keyboard will have representations in unicode.

Why Convert?

Automated programs known as "spam bots" or "email Harvesters" comb the internet looking for email addresses posted on web sites. These addresses are then "harvested" and wind up on spammer's lists or worse, sending viruses through emails that appear to come from your address. 

How to Convert when using FrontPage

1. Create an email link in the normal way in FrontPage

2. Open a unicode converter, type "mailto:" and your email address into the appropriate box without quotes or spaces (mailto:jsmith@mymail.com)

3. Click the button to convert it.

4. Copy all the code

5. Flip back to FrontPage, select the text of the email link, and go to the HTML view 

6. To the left of the selected area will be a tag that begins with <a href=

7. This will be followed by a quote, mailto:the_email_address, a quote, and a close tag (>)

8. Select all the text between but not including the quotes

9. Paste in the unicode you copied from the converter

10. Save the page

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