Cypherpunks & cypherpunkettes :-) At long last I beleive a working version of hopmail written in the MSDOS scripting is finished. I've tested it and it seems to work (and I even sent messages with DOS CRLF's instead of unix NL and had no problems), but if you find problems let me know. I'm assuming you are like me in that my pc doesn't have a dedicated net connection, so the scripts just prepare file, but don't mail them. You would upload the file to your network account and go from there. Warning: the code is ugly, but I plead innocence, citing the constraints of the language! I've never used so many goto's since my last BASIC program ~11 years ago. I think in the future I'll just write DOS stuff in C/C++, with system calls, and offer source with executables, so you can recompile if you've think I've added secret password catching commands :-) I'd use 4DOS and other enhancements like some people have suggested (thanks!) but I want to be sure as many people as possible can use the script, so using just plain old DOS seems the best way to go. Well, the best way to go in DOS. I'll write a help file and offer it, the script, and anonmail.bat up for ftp. Quickly, because getting input from the user in DOS is a real pain/impossible without resorting to extra programs/assembly hacks , all parameters are just entered on the command line. Type hopmail and a short help screen will appear. Now I'll clean up the digital bank and circulate the source to those interested. ---------8< -- cut here -- >8---------- @echo off rem hopmail.bat - allows routing a message through various remailers rem extropia not supported just yet rem Karl Barrus - elee9sf@menudo.uh.edu rem if no parameters, print help file if '%1'=='' goto help rem get file name shift set filename=%0 if not exist %filename% goto errnofile rem check mode shift set mode=0 if '%0'=='1' set mode=1 if '%0'=='2' set mode=2 if '%mode%'=='0' goto errmode rem set up encrypted pgp header echo :: > zzztemp1.txt echo Encrypted: PGP >> zzztemp1.txt echo. >> zzztemp1.txt rem create null message echo. > zzztemp3.txt rem get email address shift set to=%0 if '%to%'=='' goto errmail :repeat shift if '%0'=='' goto finish if '%0'=='1' set rto=hh@pmantis.berkeley.edu if '%0'=='2' set rto=hh@cicada.berkeley.edu if '%0'=='3' set rto=hh@soda.berkeley.edu if '%0'=='4' set rto=hal@alumni.caltech.edu if '%0'=='5' set rto=remailer@rebma.mn.org if '%0'=='6' set rto=elee7h5@rosebud.ee.uh.edu if '%0'=='7' set rto=phantom@mead.u.washington.edu if '%0'=='8' set rto=hfinney@shell.portal.com rem set up remailing request header echo :: > zzztemp2.txt echo Request-Remailing-To: %to% >> zzztemp2.txt echo. >> zzztemp2.txt rem append previous message copy zzztemp2.txt + zzztemp3.txt zzztemp4.txt > nul del zzztemp2.txt rename zzztemp4.txt zzztemp2.txt if '%0'=='1' goto none if '%0'=='2' goto none if '%0'=='3' goto none pgp -ea zzztemp2.txt %rto% > nul copy zzztemp1.txt + zzztemp2.asc zzztemp3.txt > nul goto next :none copy zzztemp2.txt zzztemp3.txt > nul :next set to=%rto% goto repeat :finish if '%mode%'=='1' goto incmessage rem append, user chose create to receive echo -----cut here---- >> %filename% copy %filename% + zzztemp3.txt zzztemp4.txt > nul echo. >> zzztemp4.txt echo To reply, save everything below the cut here marks >> zzztemp4.txt echo Type your reply below the blank line two lines above >> zzztemp4.txt echo Mail resultant file to %to% >> zzztemp4.txt del %filename% rename zzztemp4.txt %filename% goto done :incmessage rem user chose create header to send copy zzztemp3.txt + %filename% zzztemp4.txt > nul del %filename% rename zzztemp4.txt %filename% echo Remember to mail %filename% to %to% goto done :help echo Usage: hopmail filename mode address remailer# [remailer#]... echo Mode: echo 1: Mail a file via anonymous remailers echo 2: Create a remailing header and append to a file echo. echo Address: echo for mode 1, destination address echo for mode 2, your address echo. echo Remailers: echo 1: hh@pmantis.berkeley.edu echo 2: hh@cicada.berkeley.edu echo 3: hh@soda.berkeley.edu echo 4: hal@alumni.caltech.edu echo 5: remailer@rebma.mn.org echo 6: elee7h5@rosebud.ee.uh.edu echo 7: phantom@mead.u.washington.edu echo 8: hfinney@shell.portal.com rem echo 9: remail@extropia.wimsey.com goto end :errmode echo Error: mode must be 1 or 2 goto end :errmail echo Error: no destination specified goto done :errnofile echo Error: file %filename% does not exist goto end :done del zzz*.* :end