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What PMSig does                
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PMSig is a Rexx script to maintain common signatures for all PMMail accounts and all PMINews grouplists.

PMSig copies signature files from a central signature directory into the SIGS subdirectories of all PMMail accounts and all PMINews grouplists. It also updates the SIGS.LST file in each of these SIGS subdirectories.

PMSig is a text mode program. It requires that Rexx support has been installed.

PMSig has been tested with PMMail 1.95/1.96 and 2.0 and PMINews 1.01 and 2.0.

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Reminder
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PMSig is freeware. Either use PMSig at your own risk or don't use it at all.

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Files in this package          
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In the PMSig directory:

pmsig.cmd  - The Rexx source code
readme     - This file

In the pmsig\pgp directory:

pmsig.sig  - My PGP signature of pmsig.cmd
readme.sig - My PGP signature of readme

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Using PMSig                    
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To use PMSig you need
- PMMail installed
- PMINews installed
- a central signature directory (by default E:\UTIL\SIGNATURE)
- with all your signature files in it
- another directory for pmsig.cmd (e.g. E:\UTIL\BIN)

Enter "pmsig /h" to see more infos on PMSig's default settings, and on how to change them.

PMSig expects all your signature files in one single directory, which by default is "E:\UTIL\SIGNATURE". For infos on how to change this enter "pmsig /h".

Your signature files should have the names you want to see in the "Signature" menu of PMMail or PMINews. 

A signature file is a plain text file. No special formatting is required. The text in this file will appear in your emails exactly how you typed it into the signature file.

Your central signature directory should contain nothing but your signature files. In particular you should not have pmsig.cmd in your signature directory. Two reasons for this: (1) The way I've programmed PMSig, the names of the signature files will appear unmodified in the "Signature" menu of PMMail/PMINews, i.e. it is not possible to mark them with a special name extension. (2) PMSig assumes that all the files it finds in the central signature directory are signature files. 

By default, PMSig expects to find at least a signature file named "Email". The signature in the "Email" file will become the default signature for PMMail accounts. For infos on how to change this enter "pmsig /h".

By default, PMSig also expects to find at least a signature file named "News". This "News" signature will become the default signature for PMINews grouplists. For infos on how to change this enter "pmsig /h".

If your PMMail directory is not "E:\SOUTHSDE\PMMAIL", enter "pmsig /h" to find out how to specify the correct name.

Likewise, if your PMINews directory is not "E:\SOUTHSDE\PMINEWS", enter "pmsig /h" to find out how to specify the correct name.

Of course you can always change the source code to change the default settings. Or you can just call PMSig by through another command script. A third and even more comfortable way is described below.

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How to start PMSig with a double click
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PMSig is a simple Rexx script. However, here is one way how to make PMSig more WPS friendly:

(1) Put a shadow of the directory that has all your central signature files in it on your desktop or wherever you have easy access to it.

(2) Use the program template from your templates folder to make a program object, name it something like "Update Signatures", and enter the path to pmsig.cmd in the appropriate field of the settings dialog. Also specify any parameters for pmsig.cmd in this settings dialog, if necessary.

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Miscellaneous                  
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Enter "pmsig /h" to get my email address.

To get my PGP public key, send me an (empty) email with "send pgp key" in the subject line.




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$Id: readme,v 1.2 1998-10-11 10:45:50-04 rl Exp $
