Creating a Signature file
To create a signature file, to be included in your messages, you need
to do a few things. You'll need to decide on a name for the signature
file, traditionally, .signature is used. Then, put some text
in there which you want to be added to the bottom of your outgoing messages.
Try to keep it under 4 lines. Then, you'll need to start up elm
and type o to get into the options menu, then > to
save them, followed by i to return to the index, and lastly
q to quit elm. Next, you need to go edit the elmrc
file to tell where your signature file is. Do this by typing
cd ~/.elm. Then, using your favorite editor, edit the file
called elmrc [pico elmrc for instance]. Go to the end of the
file and tack on a line which says:
signature = .signature
where the .signature is the name of your signature file. Then,
simply save the file (^x y RET with pico). Starting up elm at this
point and sending a message should put the text of your signature
file at the end of your message, preceded by a set of dashes '--'.
One caution here, creating your file as .signature will likely
also cause that file to be inserted into your network news postings
also.
The short form:
elm #Start up elm
o>iq #save options to create elmrc file
cd ~/.elm
pico elmrc #edit file, add this line to the end of the file
signature = .signature
^x y RET #exit the editor
Last Updated: 14-March-1996