Encoding / decoding strings

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

In <1168010144.000928.131920 at 42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>,
oliver at obeattie.com wrote:

> Basically, I want to encode an email address so that it looks something
> like 8d2e23c0a835598510c88a758c6b215a - this way the user does not know
> the email address they are looking at. They are public-facing views and
> they are to get info about other users, therefore anonymity is
> important.
> 
> Any suggestions?

Don't deliver encoded e-mail addresses to other users.  They might decode
them and the anonymity is gone.

What exactly are you trying to do?  Why should users see encrypted e-mail
addresses of others?

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch