Re: New Yarn Request

From: Jusi Sunchoz (cthulhu@usa.net)
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 00:01:41 -0800

On an article posted to yarn.list on Wed, 12 Mar 1997 12:27:41 -0500,
hello-yarners@see.my.sig (Tim Maddletan) wrote thusly about
"Re: New Yarn Request":
>
>I used to do it at yarn startup via an insane rexx script... not
>ideal, but what the heck. Now i just use Yarf -- which has it's own
>set of foibles, but what the heck... (Yarf's on my web page, if you
>haven't checked it out -- it gives a certain amount of control, but
>it's not message-by-message control...).

Couple of things about Yarf I wish could be 'enhanced':

1) Constant random vowels/consonants: Would allow one to put something
like 'n%.sp%m.your@address.com' in the 'From:' header, and reference
that in one's sig file such as 'Remove the string "n%.sp%m." to reply'.
So, if Yarf! created the string 'Ny.SPuM' the sig would reflect said
string.

2) A randomizer string placer: Would allow one to change the position
of the string, in case the spammers get smarter. For example, maybe in
the first message, the random string would be placed before the address,
while in the second message in the middle or end of the address.
Examples, you say? Here you go: 'From: random.string.real@address.com'
for first example, while second would be something like 'From:
real@address.com.random.string' or 'From: real.random.string@address.com'
or something to that effect.

3) (So I said 'a couple', so sue me!) ;-)
How about a combination of both?

Yarf! bug report? Why is there a blank line after the 'From:' line
Yarf! replaces?

J%s% S.

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