[OT] Jim's signatures (was: Re: [Gllug] Gllug Changing)

[Kim Hawtin]

> > so how is this differen from ;
> 
> >  set    signature=~/.mutt/randsig.pl|
> 
> > except that it fires of a process only when its needed?
> 
> The way fifos work mean that the writing process sleeps until another 
> process reads from the fifo and so unblocks the write.  So it's not 
> freewheeling and using up cpu cycles. 

ok then, that sounds ok, but im just trying to keep resources used
to as little as possble, but it may be better than trying to invoke
a new process for each message...

i pump out just over a hundred messages today, so i suppose its not
really an issue. my workstations are not that loaded...

yours,

kim
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