Re: Random Quotes

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From: Stephen Patterson
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 18:48

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On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:26:36 +0000, Mark A Miles wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I would like to define an output filter in PINE that passed the e-mail
>about to be sent to some sort of shell script that would then tag on a
>randomly selected quote on to the end of the mail (hence a random quote in
>a signature). Does anybody have an idea of how I would do this? E-mailed
>responses would be very much appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mark A Miles

I did this for a while with 

fortune -s > ~/.signature

in my .bashrc
>
>-- 
>M A Miles  (UG 9900776)   -- maxm@tardis.ed.ac.uk (nine9@ukshells.co.uk)
>Scandinavian Studies, Edinburgh Uni -- W3:http://www.nine9.ukshells.co.uk
>"Any opinions expressed above are mine. The University can get its own."
>E-mail with subject "get pgpkey" to obtain PGP key(s) -- ICQ: 41974841
>
>
>


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