Re: Changeable From: line

Mark Landers (mlanders@netcom.com)
Sun, 15 Sep 1996 22:58:01 -0400

In article <FytOy4uYOluX089yn@stack.urc.tue.nl>,
galactus@stack.urc.tue.nl (Arnoud "Galactus" Engelfriet) wrote:
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:In article <75rOycGUb5SX091yn@gate.net>,
:jstanley@gate.net (John A. Stanley) wrote:
:> Is there any way for the From: line to contain the correct email
:> address when writing email and a false email address when
:> posting to Usenet?
:
:You can use the same solution I do for HTML and private matters:
:set up a new account for them. With SOUPER I can post messages under
:any user ID (although it's still possible for my admins to trace
:messages back to me) so I set up a new Yarn user from host htmlhelp.com
:to discuss HTML-related matters.
:
:Under OS/2 it's quite convenient - I just have two program icons in
:a folder that I can start to open two copies of Yarn.
:
:Galactus
:

Under DOS it's also very easy; have 2 backup copies of your GLOBAL file
(say glob.1 and glob.2), one with a fake From: line and when you want
to post use a batch file to start Yarn:

copy c:\util\glob.2 c:\yarn\global :global w/fake from line
c:\yarn\yarn :start yarn
copy c:\util\glob.1 c:\yarn\global :reset global to correct from line

You'd better check with your ISP before you do this; some get very
huffy about "forgery" in usenet headers.

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