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- From: nh@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (nicholas.hounsome)
- Subject: Re: Mailtool and .signature
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.082151.12909@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- Organization: AT&T
- References: <2161@ncr-mpd.FtCollins.NCR.COM>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 08:21:51 GMT
- Lines: 41
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- From article <2161@ncr-mpd.FtCollins.NCR.COM>, by Chip.Brewster@FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM (Chip Brewster):
- >
- > In article <1992Aug15.114827.25770@ucthpx.uct.ac.za>,
- > fred@dip1.ee.uct.ac.za (Fred Hoare) writes:
- > |> Hi
- > |>
- > |> I'm sure that I've seen a post like this before but I can't remember
- > |> the answer to the question - Is there a FAQ list for this group and
- > if so where
- > |> can I find it?
- > |>
- > |> I am running OW 3.0 and would like to get the mailtool to automatically
- > |> append a signature to my mail. I had a look at the manual entry for mailtool
- > |> and for mail and tried to set up my .mailrc file. The option I tried
- > was the
- > |> following
- > |> set sign=`~/.signature'
- > |> which is what would be used in mail to aappend a signature when the
- > ~a command
- > |> was entered into a file.
- > |>
- > |> Is there a way to do this or will mailtool source code have to be modified?
- > |>
- >
- > One way to do this is to create the file $HOME/.text_extras_menu or copy
- > it from /usr/lib. Then add the line:
- >
- > "Signature" cat $HOME/.signature
- >
- > You will also need to add the following resource to your $HOME/.Xdefaults:
- >
- > Text.ExtrasMenuFilename: /<your_home_path>/.text_extras_menu
- >
- > Then you simply pop-up the menu in any XView text window and select
- > Extras->Signature. The advantage with this method is it works with
- > other XView apps, not just mailtool.
- >
-
- easier still is to add it to your list of templates (see properties)
- Unfortunately this is not automatic which was the original request.
- I know of no way to do it.
-