Somebody posted a bash and Python script here several
weeks ago that make anonymous replies to usenet
postings very convenient - if you are using linux and
the Pan newsreader.

I tweaked them a bit to display a menu from which you
can choose which exit remailer you want, or, if you don't
want a custom From header, you can have it write out
your reply without a 'from' header, and the randomly-
chosen exit remailer will use its default header.

The scripts are at:
remop.150m.com/bash1
remop.150m.com/python1








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admin wrote:

> Somebody posted a bash and Python script here several weeks ago that make
> anonymous replies to usenet postings very convenient - if you are using
> linux and the Pan newsreader.
>
> I tweaked them a bit to display a menu from which you can choose which

I wonder if the original author knows you changed the script's name and
not much else?

That script fails miserably on long headers. Fails to write subjects,
mucks up threading... etc.

You also broke something else so that now it apparently appends a bunch of
commas to the end of your Newsgroups: header, which pretty much outs you
on a couple other posts. Nice!

Anyways, I have a version here that fixes most of the header length
problems, eliminates the bash script, picks a random mid-chain remailer
from a configured list, picks a random exit from another list, randomly
varies the mixmaster 'chains=' directive across a defined range, randomly
chooses N-1 mail2news gateways from a list of N gateways, and randomly
selects between multiple versions of Mixmaster if you want.

Oh yeah, and it does a rudimentary check to see if it's actually looking
at a Usenet post so it doesn't blindly nuke files if it happens to misfire.

Anyone interested?

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On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 05:55:33 +0100, George Orwell wrote:

> admin wrote:
> 
>
> I wonder if the original author knows you changed the script's name and
> not much else?
>
> That script fails miserably on long headers. Fails to write subjects,
> mucks up threading... etc.
>
> You also broke something else so that now it apparently appends a bunch of
> commas to the end of your Newsgroups: header, which pretty much outs you
> on a couple other posts. Nice!
>
> Anyways, I have a version here that fixes most of the header length
> problems, eliminates the bash script, picks a random mid-chain remailer
> from a configured list, picks a random exit from another list, randomly
> varies the mixmaster 'chains=' directive across a defined range, randomly
> chooses N-1 mail2news gateways from a list of N gateways, and randomly
> selects between multiple versions of Mixmaster if you want.
>
> Oh yeah, and it does a rudimentary check to see if it's actually looking
> at a Usenet post so it doesn't blindly nuke files if it happens to misfire
.
>
> Anyone interested?

You can but post, and let readers consider.

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George Orwell <nobody@mixmaster.it> wrote:

> admin wrote:
> 
[snip][vbcol=seagreen]
> Anyways, I have a version here that fixes most of the header length
> problems, eliminates the bash script, picks a random mid-chain remailer
> from a configured list, picks a random exit from another list, randomly
> varies the mixmaster 'chains=' directive across a defined range, randomly
> chooses N-1 mail2news gateways from a list of N gateways, and randomly
> selects between multiple versions of Mixmaster if you want.
>
> Oh yeah, and it does a rudimentary check to see if it's actually looking
> at a Usenet post so it doesn't blindly nuke files if it happens to misfire
.
>
> Anyone interested?

Yes, please post.

Does it use cpunk or mix remailers? If mix, what is the advantage over
using 'mixmaster -ff $article'?

Thanks.

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On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 05:55:33 +0100, George Orwell wrote:

> admin wrote:
> 
>
> I wonder if the original author knows you changed the script's name and
> not much else?

That's what 'tweaked' means.


>
> That script fails miserably on long headers.
> Fails to write subjects,

That's a lie.

> mucks up threading... etc.

So is that.

>
> You also broke something else so that now it apparently appends a bunch of
> commas to the end of your Newsgroups: header, which pretty much outs you
> on a couple other posts. Nice!

That's another lie.

>
> Anyways, I have a version here that fixes most of the header length
> problems, eliminates the bash script, picks a random mid-chain remailer
> from a configured list, picks a random exit from another list, randomly
> varies the mixmaster 'chains=' directive across a defined range, randomly
> chooses N-1 mail2news gateways from a list of N gateways, and randomly
> selects between multiple versions of Mixmaster if you want.
>
> Oh yeah, and it does a rudimentary check to see if it's actually looking
> at a Usenet post so it doesn't blindly nuke files if it happens to
> misfire.
>
> Anyone interested?

Ordinarily I would be; but you are such a liar that I wonder what your
script really does.







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On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 05:55:33 +0100, George Orwell wrote:

> admin wrote:
> 
>
> I wonder if the original author knows you changed the script's name and
> not much else?
>
> That script fails miserably on long headers. Fails to write subjects,
> mucks up threading... etc.
>
> You also broke something else so that now it apparently appends a bunch of
> commas to the end of your Newsgroups: header, which pretty much outs you
> on a couple other posts. Nice!
>
> Anyways, I have a version here that fixes most of the header length
> problems, eliminates the bash script, picks a random mid-chain remailer
> from a configured list, picks a random exit from another list, randomly
> varies the mixmaster 'chains=' directive across a defined range, randomly
> chooses N-1 mail2news gateways from a list of N gateways, and randomly
> selects between multiple versions of Mixmaster if you want.
>
> Oh yeah, and it does a rudimentary check to see if it's actually looking
> at a Usenet post so it doesn't blindly nuke files if it happens to
> misfire.
>
> Anyone interested?


Don't be coy. Of course we are. Please post it here or give us a pointer to 
a website.

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In article < 986530de0b894b1fe8f17815c161a095@mixmast
er.it>
George Orwell <nobody@mixmaster.it> wrote:
>
> admin wrote:
> 
>
> I wonder if the original author knows you changed the script's name and
> not much else?
>
> That script fails miserably on long headers. Fails to write subjects,
> mucks up threading... etc.
>
> You also broke something else so that now it apparently appends a bunch of
> commas to the end of your Newsgroups: header, which pretty much outs you
> on a couple other posts. Nice!
>
> Anyways, I have a version here that fixes most of the header length
> problems, eliminates the bash script, picks a random mid-chain remailer
> from a configured list, picks a random exit from another list, randomly
> varies the mixmaster 'chains=' directive across a defined range, randomly
> chooses N-1 mail2news gateways from a list of N gateways, and randomly
> selects between multiple versions of Mixmaster if you want.
>
> Oh yeah, and it does a rudimentary check to see if it's actually looking
> at a Usenet post so it doesn't blindly nuke files if it happens to misfire
.
>
> Anyone interested?

Please compile and send Windows binaries to me please.

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> You also broke something else so that now it apparently appends a bunch of
> commas to the end of your Newsgroups: header, which pretty much outs you
> on a couple other posts. Nice!

Ouch, I should have noticed that too.  Apart from blowing your identity,
mixmaster counts the commas to work out how many groups are being
crossposted to.  It doesn't care that there's nothing between the
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You are definitely not lying about that. My apologies for allowing such a=
n
error to go through.

Since you are going to supply us with a better script, and are probably
the anonymous poster who provided the script that I tweaked (I would
have given you credit by name, but couldn't), there is no point in anyone
using my inferior script.

At least my efforts have resulted in somebody making available his
superior efforts. For those of us who post using Linux that is good news,
and I hope other people will be encouraged to join in your efforts.
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In article <RH444TYF38742.586712963@reece.net.au>
admin <admin@eelbash.org> wrote:
>
> Please compile and send Windows binaries to me please.

You don't 'compile' scripts. Could you be any stupider?

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