04-18-06 05:10 AM
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On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:24:52 +0000, Zax wrote:
>
> Following comments from Bikikii Admin (Thanks!), I've changed the format
> of the gateway to follow the convention used by the lcs version.
>
> mail2news-YYYYMMDD-alt.test@m2n.mixmin.net
> mail2news_nospam-YYYYMMDD-alt.test@m2n.mixmin.net
> mail2news-YYYYMMDD-alt.test=alt.testing.testing@m2n.mixmin.net
> mail2news_nospam-YYYYMMDD-alt.test=alt.testing.testing@m2n.mixmin.net
>
> Note: This format breaks compatibility with the previous versions of this
> code!
>
> For crossposting, the '=' is used as a delimiter as the usual '+' appears
> in various newsgroup names.
>
> If a Newsgroups header is included, the message is processed in the usual
> manner. Send messages to:
> mail2news@m2n.mixmin.net
> mail2news_nospam@m2n.mixmin.net
>
> Although still in test and development, the service will now post to any
> newsgroups, not just test groups.
>
> Feedback welcomed.
>
I want to keep the newsanon gateway as compatible as possible with the
other 'variant' gateways, but have a few problems with the present setup
of the banana and mit gateways.
I don't want to use the 'mail2news' string as part of the syntax for the
variant because the regular m2n gateways - mail2news@domain.... expect a
'newsgroups' header. The purpose of the variant is for use by people who
can't include a 'newsgroups' header. Having the 'mail2news' string is
confusing.
As well, the syntax, with crossposting and nospam parameters, is crowded
enough without adding the 'mail2news' string.
Another thing is that the regular mail2news gateway does not need the
yyyymmdd parameter, so why associate the paramter with a 'mail2news'
string?
Good catch on the newsgroups that have + in their names. I'd forgotten
about them, and so, it seems, did the kids at mit, though that gateway may
have been up before any such newsgroups existed; perhaps it's just that
they haven't gotten around to updating the code yet.
I don't want to use the '=' as a new delimiter, however, and will go back
to using the double-dots '..' which strike me as nicely suggesting a
series, similar to what the comma does.
The newsanon variant gateway has additional options, which allow the user
to generate random 'from' headers, or ones that are associated with a
three-digit code that he can include in the 'to' header.
So here is the new, final I hope, syntax (except for nospam, which is on
the TODO list).
Please note that the syntax below refers to the 'variant' gateway, the
one you would use if you could not use a 'newsgroups' header, or if you
wanted the additional options that the variant gateway allows.
Otherwise, just include mail2news@newsanon.org in the 'to' header and your
messages will be delivered to whatever newsgroups you specified in the
'newsgroups' header.
If you send an email to:
yyyymmdd-some.newsgroup@newsanon.org
it will end up in the newsgroup some.newsgroup, but with your ip and
other identifying information removed. The email address used with
your email/news client WILL be used in the message.
yyyymmdd must be a current date.
You can send to as many as 5 newsgroups:
yyyymmdd-news1..news2..news3..news4..news5@newsanon.org.
Separate the newsgroups with double-dots, as in the example.
Doing this uses whatever 'from' header your mail/news client is
using.
But here are various options to change the 'from' header to
your liking, as well as do other things. They are:
some.newsgroup_yyyymmdd@newsanon.org
this format uses a random nickname and domain for the
'from' header.
some.newsgroup_999_yyyymmdd@newsanon.org
where '999' is a three-digit number from 000 to 999,
will provide a consistent nickname and domain for a given
3-digit number.
news1..news2..news3..news4..news5_999_yyyymmdd@newsanon.org
this sends the message to five newsgroups. You can use up to 5.
Joe.Blow|somedomain.com_yyyymmdd_some.newsgroup@newsanon.org
this creates a nickname of Joe Blow and a domain of
Blow@somedomain.com.
You can send to one or more email addresses instead of newsgroups
if you like.
Simply replace each newsgroup with an email address, but change the
'@' in the email addresses to '^'
For example: joeblow^newhwsrx.com_yyyymmdd@newsanon.org, will send
an email with a random 'from' address to joeblow@newhwsrx.com
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