From 430c0b8e65bf35371ceb845155318da9d0a3d8b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rswindell <>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:44:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added an "unmangle" option to newslink.cfg (or "-um" on the
command-line) to automatically remove the NewsLink anti-spam measure from the
e-mail address (if present) in imported messages.
---
exec/newslink.js | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/exec/newslink.js b/exec/newslink.js
index c5464a7b8a..ae5ce034a5 100644
--- a/exec/newslink.js
+++ b/exec/newslink.js
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ var import_amount = 0; // Import a fixed number of messages per group
var lines_per_yield = 5; // Release time-slices ever x number of lines
var yield_length = 1; // Length of yield (in milliseconds)
var max_newsgroups_per_article = 5; // Used for spam-detection
+var unmangle = false;
// Parse arguments
for(i=0;i<argc;i++) {
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ for(i=0;i<argc;i++) {
email_addresses = false;
else if(argv[i].toLowerCase()=="-nm") // no mangling of e-mail addresses
antispam = "";
+ else if(argv[i].toLowerCase()=="-um") // un-mangle e-mail addresses when importing
+ unmangle = true;
else if(argv[i].toLowerCase()=="-ix") // import a fixed number of messages
{
import_amount = parseInt(argv[i+1]);
@@ -126,6 +129,12 @@ function unique_fname(dir,fname)
return(dir + new_fname);
}
+// Remove NewsLink anti-spam meature from e-mail address
+function unmangle_addr(addr)
+{
+ return addr.replace(/\.remove-\S+-this/,"");
+}
+
var host;
var port=119;
var username;
@@ -182,6 +191,9 @@ while(!cfg_file.eof) {
case "debug":
debug=true;
break;
+ case "unmangle":
+ unmangle=true;
+ break;
case "slave":
slave=true;
break;
@@ -775,6 +787,9 @@ for(i in area) {
if(flags.indexOf('r')>=0) // remove "Newsgroups:" header field
delete hdr.newsgroups;
+ if(unmangle)
+ hdr.from_net_addr = unmangle_addr(hdr.from_net_addr);
+
hdr.from_net_type=NET_INTERNET;
// hdr.from_net_addr=hdr.from;
if(flags.indexOf('t')==-1)
--
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