Help > Trawling for e-mail addresses

What does this trawl type find?

A common way for e-mail spammers to obtain large amounts of e-mail addresses is to use automated software to search websites for e-mail addresses. This trawl type will help you find and remove e-mail addresses to help reduce the chances of spam reaching you and / or your users.

This trawl type can also be useful if you don't wish to allow users to give away their e-mail address on your website.

How to use this trawl type

You should make sure this trawl type is switched on. There should be a green tick next to this trawl type in the Trawl for... tab. If there is a red cross instead, click the cross to toggle the trawl type on.