Re: email signatures

[ABrady <xunil kc rr com>]

On 05 Dec 2002 10:03:05 +1000
Ze Ji Li <zli phys hawaii edu> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Anyone know how to create automatic signatures base on the destination
> of the email?  Basically, one signature for emails going to
> .hawaii.edu and another one for outside of .hawaii.edu?  Thank you.

I don't know what mailer you're using. But what I do is run two
signature-generating programs (gensig and sigmaker, and I also have
some others for future expansion). Since I use sylpheed, I can set up
multiple accounts that are identical with minor exceptions. One
exception is the signature.

If I reply to an email, it's easy. I filter to a folder based on From,
then set the properties of the folder I filter into so it always uses
the account with a particular signature.

it gets a tiny bit trickier when i originate mail. But since I can see
the signature, I know which account I'm using if I pay attention. Also,
if I have the folder opened for a particular account, it will
automatically use the properties I set for that folder, meaning it
will use the account nd signature I have set there.

That all sounds involved. But it really isn't. I've been doing it that
way for over 2 years and only once did I send an email to the wrong
place with the wrong signature by mistake (to this list or the psyche
list, I don't recall).

Other mailers may allow the same thing. You might be able to make
several accounts with the same info and use a different signature for
each. With sylpheed, there's a radio button that lets me change accounts
on the fly. Others might require you to choose a particular account
before you begin writing.

-- 
Closet extrovert.