the only way to keep your email safe is put it on image?? I mean most bots search for @ and mailto: but what would keep them from looking for common anti email tactics such as email (@) site.com email-(@)-site.com email AT site.com and so on? The more i think about it the more i think your email cant really be safe while its on a web page accessible to anyone . If people can create program that can break captcha im sure this can be done with a email image as well. Its the same thing