Right. So you write "Tell Phil at example dot org he's a jerk," or "Tell phil, example, org he's a jerk," or something else that makes sense to humans but not machines.
That's terrible UX though. The point of using a computer is to make things easier - at least on the first try the program needs to ask you if you wish to enable automated invites (it could offer the option to "enable automated invites for only this address" too).
Indeed it's awful. I just thought it was ironic that email obfuscation, a tactic used against malicious address-harvesting programs, would also be useful against "helpful" obnoxiousness.
