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Re: Grade retention - the new term for flunking

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From: James Warren
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:07
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On 2/3/2011 11:02 AM, Richard Bonner wrote:
> Fatty Arbuckle (Fatty.Arbuckley@yahoo.com) wrote:
>
>> On 1/28/2011 6:28 PM, Donna W. wrote:
>>> What mail program do you use? I haven't seen random "taglines" like
>>> that since the old days of the BBS's.
>
>>       Thunderbird -- you need to be able to write a small program to
>> inject the signatures from a large text file containing many -- hundreds
>> if you take the time to find them.  It's not an "off the shelf" thing,
>> although they may be able to find a mail program that does it
>> automatically.  I didn't look.
>
> ***   Anyone can add random signature quotes by making script or batch
> file that copies a quote file selected at random so as to overwrite the
> "Signature" file used by one's mail reader. After an overwrite, another
> is selected and copied to the "Signature" file.
>
>   Richard

That's work. The trick is to attach it to the "reply" button in your
newsreader.

-- 
jw
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Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:07:00 -0400
From: James Warren <jwwarren987@gmail.com>
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