Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Executioner Message-ID: <8707271948.aa12320@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> Date: Mon, 27-Jul-87 20:40:00 EDT Article-I.D.: SMOKE.8707271948.aa12320 Posted: Mon Jul 27 20:40:00 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jul-87 01:50:29 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 17 I agree entirely with your message about posting large program files. That's the very reason why I do not intend to post the Chameleon (70K) but will send it to anyone who asks (so far 3 requests). There is a problem posting Executioner's 6-byte encryption (I tried it once so I've first hand experience). The program starts each encrypted line with a period ('.'). That confuses some mailer machines into thinking they are instructions of some kind (since mailer uses a period to identify command lines in routing). When I encrypted a program, the lines starting with a period were "echoed" (duplicated without the period) to all bitnet users and apparently, (from mail I received) a number of others as well. You posted the Executioner source, and you presumably have Merlin (I don't). Possibly you could compile a version that uses, say a '+' as a leadin character for encrypted lines? The 4-byte encryption doesn't cause the problem, but it's not as compact.