I've been fighting spam bots of one form or another since 1994. I think it's actually easier now to use a plain email address on a web site as a contact method

I've been fighting spam bots of one form or another since 1994. I think it's actually easier now to use a plain email address on a web site as a contact method than it was ten years ago…almost everyone gets that you can click on an address (assuming it’s linked) and kick off an email. Certainly it’s worth learning various techniques since there’s going to be many forms that you need to have on your site(s) which can get hit by bots. But if the entire purpose is to allow inbound contacts, and you don’t need to drag along any transactional or demographic information with the contact, an plain email address should suffice. Whatever email address you use will get added to every spammer’s contact list so make sure it’s a generic address that goes into a separate mailbox.