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Does this not invite spam by leaving email addresses in HTML source code?

Not any more than using an email like:

firstname@domain.com firstletterlastname@domain.com Firstname.lastname@gmail.com

Look, spam happens (unless you obfuscate your address to be unmemorable or unprofessional). Modern email filters are pretty good.

No more so than a company's email being in a Contact Us page.

So... yes.

In other words, this method is on parity with conventional contact methods and the spam harvesting point is moot.

eh... fair enough.

I think that contention is flawed in that it assumes the two methods are, must be, and should be equal in terms of email address exposure.