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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Variable Signatures in PMail 2.3 (R4). │
│ (c) 1992, David Harris, All Rights Reserved. │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Now for a little fun - who said mail had to be all hard work! PMail
2.34 can pick a text fragment at random for you, and add it to your
signature text. To create a variable signature resource, simply make
a text file containing the text fragments from which you want PMail
to choose at send-time. Each entry in the file must be separated from
the next by a pair of '%' characters on a line of their own. The file
must also start and end with a line containing only two '%' signs.
Once you have created your source file (QUOTES.SRC is an example file
you can use for this), issue the command
TCOM QUOTES.SRC FOO QUOTES.PMS
This will create the output file QUOTES.PMS, which you should then
move into your home mailbox. The file MUST be called QUOTES.PMS or
PMail will not find it.
To activate a variable signature, you need to place the special
sequence ~! (a tilde followed by an exclamation mark) at the place in
your signature where you want the variation to occur. You can mix
regular text and variable signatures if you wish.
That's all there is to it!
---
Remember that this is a signature, and is best kept short. Pithy one
line funnies generally have the most effect in a signature.
You can also replace your entire signature with a quote. This
actually leads to some interesting applications: you could set up a
machine with some new mail filtering rules which could send back an
empty message with only a variable signature (no body). By doing
this, you could implement an e-mail version of the old Eliza
psychiatrist program, or a "quote server", or even a "thought for
the day" server.
Enjoy!
-- David Harris --
7 Sep '92.