# Protect forum against email harvesters bots

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/protect-forum-against-email-harvesters-bots/62760
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 15, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/protect-forum-against-email-harvesters-bots/62760 "2017-05-15T22:28:28Z")
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### Author: ![robbyoconnor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/robbyoconnor/32/120330_2.png) [@robbyoconnor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robbyoconnor)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/protect-forum-against-email-harvesters-bots/62760/2 "2017-05-15T23:09:43Z")

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You could censor out emails..

In your site settings, search for `censored` and add the regex for emails. This way, emails will be redacted if they are posted.

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