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Re: [LI] fw: Random .sig quotes in Pine / Mutt



Ensure that you filter Loooong fortune outputs by using the fortune command
line param's coz fortune quotes can be long enough to fill 2 pages.

I have fortune in the login script and quite often I get loooong messages
from it.

VaibhaV Sharma
Indian Linux users Group Indore Chapter

----- Original Message -----
From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <r.suresh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: LI <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 8:50 PM
Subject: [LI] fw: Random .sig quotes in Pine / Mutt


> Hi all
>
> Use this shell script for random quotes (something I missed when switching
> to Pine / Mutt from Pegasus Mail). See man fortune for more info.  Enjoy.
>
> I found this on http://tune.linux.com when searching for "random sig".
> Here's the article (as printed by lynx)
>
> 1999.07.22 - Random signature file generator for Pine
>
> Here's a quick little script that will generate a random signature file
> using the fortune program and add it to your current .signature file. All
> you have to do is change your signature in pine to use /tmp/sig.username
> and you are in business.



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