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.. _breaking-90044:

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Breaking: #90044 - config.spamProtectEmailAddresses with option "ascii" removed
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See :issue:`90044`

Description
===========

The TypoScript setting :typoscript:`config.spamProtectEmailAddresses` set to `ascii` has no
effect anymore as the ASCII-encryption feature has been removed.

The option changed any links to emails like `href="mailto:benni@example.com"`
to point to the ASCII-encoded equivalent. Since all browsers (and most bots/crawlers)
do this automatically and instantly this feature has no spam-protection
relevance anymore.

Impact
======

Setting the option to `ascii` has no effect anymore, which is the same as not
setting the option at all. However, in case the option is set to `ascii` a
PHP :php:`E_USER_DEPRECATED` error is raised.

Affected Installations
======================

TYPO3 installations having this option set in their TypoScript setup.

Migration
=========

In case you still want to keep an email SPAM protection around, it is recommended
to set the option :typoscript:`config.spamProtectEmailAddresses` to a numeric value between
`-10` and `10`.

Alternatively, there is an extension called `emailobfuscator` available in the
TYPO3 Extension Repository, which also aims to achieve a similar behaviour.

.. index:: Frontend, TypoScript, NotScanned, ext:frontend