We here at DaveningLab would like to hear from you, at least in theory. But we temper that emotion with a healthy dose of paranoia. One of our mottos is: Publish an email address on a website, expect to get inundated with spam. And operating with a strictly volunteer staff who have limited time commitment to the project, we can't afford to plow through tons of emails.
So that's why we developed VOSCRAS ™, the Verification Of Someone who Can Read A Siddur protocol.
But ever since the email system staff packed up and left, we no longer support this communications channel. Not to worry - you can use our alternate email channel - "d.lab.nerve.center @ gmail.com" (leave out the spaces when you type it in to your email application).
For nostalgic reasons, and with a certain degree of optimism that some day we may lure back our email system talent, and as a public service to those who aspire to use this technology on their own websites, we include the details of the venerated VOSCRAS system below.
Clearly, and example is in order. Suppose we tell you:
Then, using the chart below, from the verse "Echad v'ein yachid...", you get these Hebrew letters: dalet, yud, yud, chet, lamed, mem sofit, nun sofit, feh sofit. These translate to d-y-y-j-l-m-n-f, so you would send email to dyyjlmnf@, well, for now the kind folks at torahcaster.com have agreed to let us use their mail system.
So now, this one's for real. The email address, with @torahcaster.com appended to it, is derived from:
VOSCRAS is an innovative concept in spam protection. Naturally, some of you may be wondering about its effectiveness. So we will periodically update you on its performance statistics. To that end, we are giving you another option for emailing us. You can use the address "d.lab.nerve.center @ gmail.com" (leave out the spaces when you type it in to your email application).
The table below compares the rate at which valid email is received at each address:
| VOSCRAS | d.lab.nerve.center | |
|---|---|---|
| Total number of emails received | 1 | 1 |
| Number of non-spam emails received | 1 | 1 |
| Valid email rate | 100% | 100% |
Analysis: VOSCRAS has proven effective in not attracting spam. However, its effectiveness rate cannot yet be claimed to be statistically superior to specifying the email address in plain text.
| English | Hebrew |
|---|---|
| a | א |
| b | ב |
| g | ג |
| d | ד |
| h | ה |
| v | ו |
| z | ז |
| j | ח |
| t | ט |
| y | י |
| c | כ |
| c | ך |
| l | ל |
| m | מ |
| m | ם |
| n | נ |
| n | ן |
| s | ס |
| e | ע |
| p | פ |
| f | ף |
| z | צ |
| z | ץ |
| k | ק |
| r | ר |
| s | ש |
| t | ת |
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