Specify a signature file to append to messages you send.

restrictions

Requires SYSPRV privilege to set information for users other than yourself; requires SYSPRV or SYSNAM privilege to show information about users other than yourself.

Syntax

SET SIGNATURE file-spec

SHOW SIGNATURE

Qualifiers	Defaults
/ALL	/NOALL
/LOG	/NOLOG
/UIC="[g,m]"	None
/USER=username	None

Parameters

file-spec

Required parameter specifying a file whose content is to be appended to mail messages as a signature.

Description

Users may append the contents of a file to the end of messages they send. The specification for the file must be supplied as a parameter to the SET SIGNATURE command:

EMAIL> SET SIGNATURE file-spec

If no disk and directory specification is provided, the signature file is assumed to be in the user's default mail file directory.

Use the SET NOSIGNATURE command to disable the use of signatures. Note further that the various message sending commands accept optional /SIGNATURE and /NOSIGNATURE qualifiers.

Examples

In the following example, the contents of the file SYS$LOGIN:SIGFILE.TXT is used as a signature file.

EMAIL> SET SIGNATURE SYS$LOGIN:SIGFILE.TXT EMAIL> SHOW SIGNATURE Your default signature file is SYS$LOGIN:SIGFILE.TXT EMAIL>