On Sunday 27 January 2008 00:40:49 Randall R Schulz wrote: > On Saturday 26 January 2008 13:20, Stan Goodman wrote: > > Is there a way that one can readily include randomized taglines in > > messages sent with Kmail? > > KMail filters can be designated to act on outgoing messages only. > Additionally, KMail filters can subject a message to processing through > an external filter program. With these two features, one can easily > adorn each outgoing message (including those that go only to certain > lists) with a signature trailer synthesized by an arbitrary program or > script. > > Such a script could be as simple as this: > > -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- > #!/bin/bash --norc > > cat > echo '-- ' > fortune > -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- > > > Now, I'll admit I'd never tried this before, so I gave it a shot using > that exact script. Unfortunately, I found that while the message left > in the "sent-mail" folder was modified as intended, the message sent > was not! > > If someone out there knows a way around this, please let us know. > > > -- > > Stan Goodman > > Randall Schulz
Surprising. The need is general enough that it shouldn't be necessary for everyone to invent the same wheel. Most mailer programs in the world have such an option built in. Is there another mailer in Linux that can do this? Or an add-on? I did look for one, but found nothing encouraging. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
