1 ;;; spook.el --- spook phrase utility for overloading the NSA line eater
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30 ;; Steve Strassmann <straz@media-lab.media.mit.edu> didn't write
31 ;; this, and even if he did, he really didn't mean for you to use it
32 ;; in an anarchistic way.
35 ;; Just before sending mail, do M-x spook.
36 ;; A number of phrases will be inserted into your buffer, to help
37 ;; give your message that extra bit of attractiveness for automated
38 ;; keyword scanners. Help defeat the NSA trunk trawler!
46 "Spook phrase utility for overloading the NSA line eater."
50 (defcustom spook-phrases-file (locate-data-file "spook.lines")
51 "Keep your favorite phrases here."
55 (defcustom spook-phrase-default-count 15
56 "Default number of phrases to insert."
62 "Adds that special touch of class to your outgoing mail."
64 (cookie-insert spook-phrases-file
65 spook-phrase-default-count
66 "Checking authorization..."
67 "Checking authorization...Approved"))
70 (defun snarf-spooks ()
71 "Return a vector containing the lines from `spook-phrases-file'."
72 (cookie-snarf spook-phrases-file
73 "Checking authorization..."
74 "Checking authorization...Approved"))
76 ;; Note: the implementation that used to take up most of this file has been
77 ;; cleaned up, generalized, gratuitously broken by esr, and now resides in
82 ;;; spook.el ends here