diff -Naur ../.././tmp/email/email.module ./email.module
--- ../.././tmp/email/email.module	2008-04-15 07:56:09.000000000 -0400
+++ ./email.module	2009-03-18 18:08:36.000000000 -0400
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
       'label' => 'Email-Contact Form',
       'field types' => array('email'),
     ),
+    'abbv' => array(
+        'label' => 'Abbreviated Email Text',
+        'field types' => array('email'),
+    ),
   );
   
   if (module_exists('invisimail')) {
@@ -70,6 +74,16 @@
     if ($formatter == 'contact') {
       $mailto = l(t('Email Contact Form'), 'email/'.$node->nid.'/'.$field['field_name']);
     }
+    if ($formatter == 'abbv') {
+      // takes the email address 'some.one@example.com' and abbreviates it:
+      // some.one@example
+      $at_pos = strpos($item['email'], '@'); // need to account for usernames with '.' in them.
+      $first_dot = strpos($item['email'], '.', $at_pos);
+      $abbv_addr = substr($item['email'], 0, $first_dot);
+      // may be desired to add this:
+      // $abbv_addr = str_replace('@', ' at ', $abbv_addr, 1);
+      $mailto = $abbv_addr;
+    }
     elseif ($formatter == 'invisi' && module_exists('invisimail')) {
       $format = $GLOBALS['invisimail_format'];
       if (!(variable_get('invisimail_link_'.$format, TRUE))) {     
@@ -379,4 +393,4 @@
     return $tokens;
   }
 }
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>