Info: Tin prog?

pss...@orion.alaska.edu wrote:

}Okay, what I'm wondering is, what is "TIN"???

The best news reading program available.

I take it that the parties who started this discussion are interested in 
doing random signatures such as mine.

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Q&A with Dionisio (Origin: July 15, 1994)

This all began with a simple question...

Richard S. Hendershot (rhe...@infinet.com) wrote:
}	Let me know how to add those thoughts-of-the-day, whenever you
}find out, eh?

All right, normally I'd tell ya to type 'man tin' and read, but since I'm
still in a good mood from Gwennis, I'll distill the stuff and then tell ya
to 'man tin' and read. :)

tin has two ways of making a signature file for you. Normal - "This
thing'll never change" - and random/semi-random - "part or ALL of this
thing will change".

To make a Normal signature, type 'pico .signature' and type away. (Pop in
a cute quote, give your net address, list hobbies, perhaps include an
ascii picture, etc...) And you'll be all set.

To do a random/semi-random is a smidge more involved.

For a completely random signature, you'll have to make a directory (".Sig"
is what I call mine) and fill it with numbered files. (Ie, "sig.01",
"sig.02", "sig.03", etc...) and tin will pick one at random for your
messages.

Semi-random signatures involve telling tin that you want it to combine a
few things that wont change along with something random. To get the
random part, you do the exact same thing you do to get a totally random
signature. To get the "fixed" part, type 'pico .sigfixed' and type away.

My Signature below is a semi-random creation. The "And the..." (AND the
blank line below it) are my ".sigfixed". What pops up under that is from
the random selections. (Currently, I have a little under 700 for tin to
choose from.)

			***IMPORTANT***

Some people out there frown on signatures that are over four lines long.
(The news programs at some sites wont let you have signatures longer than
that, and will truncate your signature.) Consider what you want included
carefully. (Remember, put your phone number down and people MIGHT call
you. And you might not *want* some people to call you. Ditto with
addresses.) You can go over this limit a little, but be warned that long
signatures will eventually get you some nasty "you're wasting bandwith"
mail.

If you absolutely can NOT condense your signature down to under eight
lines, PLEASE put "finger me for more info" in it. (Fingering people is
another subject.)

Now, go do some reading. :) (Ya need to do something else too if you want
the random stuff. <hint>)


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