Subject: randomized signatures

From: [email-masked] (Suolahti Juho)
Date: 17 Mar 1997 20:10:33 GMT

I have no idea is this possible and how, but I was hoping someone of you
would know and tell me.

My signature isn't exactly what I'd like it to be. I would want to have
one that has the same three-line-signature (address, phone, email,
www-address) and then a one-liner quotation above it. The quotation would
be randomized from a file I would have. Is that possible in any way? or do
I have to randomize the whole signature? (I think I know that can be
done, but I don't know how.) I think it needs a program of some sort,
doesn't it? So, what I'm asking for is the program, and precise
instructions on how to use it. Preferably I would like the one that
randomizes only the one-liner.

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From: [email-masked] (Kenneth P. Turvey)
Date: 19 Mar 1997 23:04:06 GMT

Suolahti Juho ([email-masked]) wrote:
: I have no idea is this possible and how, but I was hoping someone of you
: would know and tell me.
: 
: My signature isn't exactly what I'd like it to be. I would want to have
: one that has the same three-line-signature (address, phone, email,
: www-address) and then a one-liner quotation above it. The quotation would
: be randomized from a file I would have. Is that possible in any way? or do
: I have to randomize the whole signature? (I think I know that can be
: done, but I don't know how.) I think it needs a program of some sort,
: doesn't it? So, what I'm asking for is the program, and precise
: instructions on how to use it. Preferably I would like the one that
: randomizes only the one-liner.

Your looking for something that handles signatures in the same way
that tin does with .sigfixed file and .Sig directory.  I would be
interested in this myself.  The only way I could see getting it to
work would be using a filter to append the file from the .Sig
directory after the signature...

Alas, it looked like more hassle than it was worth...  Anyone else?

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From: [email-masked] (Bussiga Boran)
Date: 20 Mar 1997 21:10:16 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
	[email-masked] (Kenneth P. Turvey) writes:
>: be randomized from a file I would have. Is that possible in any way?

> The only way I could see getting it to work would be using a filter 
> to append the file from the .Sig directory after the signature...

I'm not so good at pine, but wouldn't it be possible to create a program and
pipe the output to pine?

> Alas, it looked like more hassle than it was worth...  Anyone else?

Oh, programming is allways a lot more fun when it's something that is not
too usefull...
:-)

/Bussiga Boran
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