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david - 18 Jan 2006 19:17 GMT

What is the current state when it comes to random signatures in Eudora?
Which is the best option?

I remember Internet Config and apps that supported it in Mac OS 7-9 -
that is the way random signatures should work.

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david - 29 Jan 2006 12:46 GMT

> What is the current state when it comes to random signatures in Eudora?
> Which is the best option?
>
> I remember Internet Config and apps that supported it in Mac OS 7-9 -
> that is the way random signatures should work.

Npthing about random signatures?

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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
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A: Top-posting.
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Kathy Morgan - 30 Jan 2006 16:41 GMT

> > What is the current state when it comes to random signatures in Eudora?
> > Which is the best option?
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>
> Npthing about random signatures?

Not that I know of. If you do learn of something, please post about it;
I'd also like a random sig option.

For now, I use TypeIt4Me to insert my .sig, but there's nothing random
about that; I have to select which one I'm going to use.

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msienkiewicz - 02 Feb 2006 03:32 GMT

On the Unix/Linux boxes I use at work, I compiled the 'fortune' program
and created a database of witty quotes for mail signatures. I set up
something (a 'cron' job) to run 'fortune' periodically to refresh my
signature file.

I think you could do the same on OS X. The Eudora signature is kept in
the Eudora Folder/Signature Folder/Signature file which I believe is a
plain text file. The caveat here is that one would need to translate
the Unix type line endings to Mac line endings. I started setting this
up once on my Mac but didn't follow through. Yes, it's a kludgy Unix
way to do it but what can I say? Maybe someone else can whip up a nice
Applescript or something to do something similar.

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Kathy Morgan - 02 Feb 2006 07:49 GMT

> On the Unix/Linux boxes I use at work, I compiled the 'fortune' program
> and created a database of witty quotes for mail signatures. I set up
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> plain text file. The caveat here is that one would need to translate
> the Unix type line endings to Mac line endings.

Well, that part is very easy, using TextWrangler, BBEdit, or BBEdit
lite. I tried to use the "fortune" program once in connection with a
widget, but wasn't successful. (There's a version available supposedly
precompiled of OS X, but it didn't work for me. I suspect it ended up
somewhere the widget couldn't find it, but I'm not sure about that.)

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Sander Tekelenburg - 02 Feb 2006 09:23 GMT

> > On the Unix/Linux boxes I use at work, I compiled the 'fortune' program
> > and created a database of witty quotes for mail signatures. I set up
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> Well, that part is very easy, using TextWrangler, BBEdit, or BBEdit
> lite.

Or any script tool ;)

What the previous poster described should be easy to do for Eudora on
Mac OS X, *assuming* that Eudora loads sigs upon creation of new
messages. If it loads them on launch only, which I think is the case, it
won't work.

I tested by duplicating file in ~/Documents/Eudora\ Folder/Signature\
Folder while Eudora was running, then creating a new message. The new
sig was not available in Eudora's 'sig picker'.

Not a definitive test. It might be that changing the *contents* of a sig
does work. But I'm not holding my breath. (And I don't feel like
quitting Eudora now just to test this :))

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Chris - 03 Feb 2006 03:46 GMT

> > > On the Unix/Linux boxes I use at work, I compiled the 'fortune' program
> > > and created a database of witty quotes for mail signatures. I set up
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> does work. But I'm not holding my breath. (And I don't feel like
> quitting Eudora now just to test this :))

Yes, changing an existing sig works fine.

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Chris - 03 Feb 2006 03:49 GMT

> > > > On the Unix/Linux boxes I use at work, I compiled the 'fortune' program
> > > > and created a database of witty quotes for mail signatures. I set up
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>
> Yes, changing an existing sig works fine.

I googled Fortune Unix and found this.

http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/Cocoa-Fortune.shtml

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Kathy Morgan - 03 Feb 2006 07:47 GMT

> I googled Fortune Unix and found this.
>
> http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/Cocoa-Fortune.shtml

Thanks! I'll download it and give it a try.

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Chris - 03 Feb 2006 19:34 GMT

> > I googled Fortune Unix and found this.
> >
> > http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/Cocoa-Fortune.shtml
>
> Thanks! I'll download it and give it a try.

I've been trying out MacSignify again as well. Works well. I'm not
having any problems.

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david - 02 Feb 2006 12:57 GMT

> I think you could do the same on OS X. The Eudora signature is kept in
> the Eudora Folder/Signature Folder/Signature file which I believe is a
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> way to do it but what can I say? Maybe someone else can whip up a nice
> Applescript or something to do something similar.

Too bad launchd does not subscribe to opened file events otherwise that
would have solved the problem (create a launch agent that listen for
when the sig file is read and then replace it with something else).

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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?

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