For the case where the .signature won't execute, you can just create a script to
output what you want and use cron to run it every few minutes:

  */5 * * * * /path/to/sig/script > /home/userid/.signature

which will give you a reasonable approximation...

HTH,
Pierre

Mike & Tracy Holt wrote:
> 
> Ryan Little wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, 2001-11-15 at 08:42, Mike & Tracy Holt wrote:
> >
> >>Frederic Crozat wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 05:44:14 +0100, Ryan Little wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Just wanted to let you guys know what a great job you're doing, and also
> >>>>that the ximian evolution rc kicks butt, now if I can just figure out
> >>>>how to do an executable sig I'll be in love......
> >>>>
> >>>Add a suggestion at bugzilla.ximian.com
> >>>
> >>I'm sorry, but what is an executable sig?
> >>
> >>Mike
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >An executable .signature, i.e. to display uptime or kernel version etc
> >as your email signature. Most *nix mail clients support this if you
> >chmod your .signature file to an executable. This "feature" doesn't work
> >with evolution (or I haven't figured out how to do it). If it did you
> >could see a pretty (annoying to some)sig like this:
> >
> >Ryan
> >---
> >Running Linux 2.4.13PniX2
> >on an
> >AMD Athlon 1400MHZ Processor with 512MB Ram
> >---
> >  6:44pm  up 2 days, 21:47,  3 users,  load average: 0.26, 0.11, 0.08
> >
> >
> >
> >
> ok, I give up; I've tried a few different ways, but can't seem to get
> this output.  What's your .sig file look like?
> Mike
> 
> --
> uname -r

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