I use two different batch files to start/run Yarn, to swap my CONFIG file
around. One config file is configured with bogus info in the "user=",
"host=", and "reply-to=" lines. I also have the "anti-spam" config file
configured to append a signature file to the bottom of the message which
contains a notice that the email address in the header is bogus and WHY,
and also has my real address in it, in case somebody does want to send an
email reply to the newsgroup post.
The other config file, obviously, has my real information in it, and does
not append the sig file to the msg. You could, of course, just have this
config file append a different sig file.
I named my 2 config files CONFIG.VJW and CONFIG.SPM.
Each batch file I use to run Yarn first changes to the F:\YARN\VINCE\YARN
directory, and copies either one or the other of the above config files to
CONFIG - then it changes to the Yarn directory and starts it up (example
below):
F:
cd\yarn\vince\yarn
copy config.vjw config
cd\yarn
yarn
There are a couple things I should probably point out about doing this:
1. You've already noticed this, obviously, but for the benefit of others
here, you will want to use the batch file that copies the config file
containing your REAL email address before either sending or replying to
email msgs, so that the receiver will have the right email address to reply
to in the header.
2. It may be a good idea to "pick a favorite" one of the batch files to
run Yarn with. I have gotten used to starting the batch file that uses my
REAL email address info, as I seldom post into the newsgroups. This way if
I'm reading the newsgroups and decide to POST an article, I've already
grown accustomed to closing Yarn, then restarting it using the other batch
file, before posting the article.
3. And you probably don't need me to tell you this - if you're running
Win95 or some other GUI environment, just create two separate Yarn program
objects and call them something appropriate - ie, call one something like
"Yarn95 - Bogus Email" and the other "Yarn95 - Real Email", and instead of
having it load YARN.EXE directly, give it one of the batchfiles.
Good luck - if you need me to post my batch files and config files in their
entirety, let me know.
Cheers,
Vince Worthington