in ~/.muttrc:
# pipe randomized 'tip' from perl script--
send-hook debian- "set signature='~/.signature-debian |'"
# any email going out to any address containing "debian-"
# gets the output of ~/.signature-debian as a signature block
and in ~/.signature-debian
#!/usr/bin/perl
# by [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# slurp blank-line-delimited PARAGRAPHS
local($/) = '';
my $txt = '?';
my $ct = 0;
while ( <DATA> ) {
# likelihood of picking any paragraph is 1/total_count
$txt = $_
if rand() < 1.0 / ++$ct;
}
print <<DEBIAN;
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP:
${txt}...from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DEBIAN
__DATA__
Looking to use your Debian machine as a firewall? No problem!
Try "apt-get install ipmasq"... After you've got your
/etc/network/interfaces file set up properly, ipmasq will
save you lots of work, setting up firewall and routing
tables automatically.
Confused about using "apt-get" to keep your Debian up-to-date?
See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newbiedoc/files/apt-get-intro.html
<...etc...>
--
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP:
What's a "manpage"? It's the documentation you get when you enter
"man SOMETHING" such as "man ps" or "man bash" or "man apt-setup".
...from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
