Re: [Pan-users] Question on "signature" file

[Charles Kerr]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 10:50:02AM -0800, Michael R. McCarrey wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've just recently noticed that, when posting or replying via email, Pan
> doesn't append the selected "signature" file, specified in the posting
> profile.
> 
> I've been using Pan for about three years now, and I don't recall if it
> ever did (as I just read, mostly), or if it did, when it stopped doing
> it.

One point of confusion I've seen is that some people have the executable
bit set on their sig files.  Pan treats these as shell scripts a la
fortune, and uses their output rather than their content.

> I've also noticed that I can't control the number of tasks Pan spawns,
> as I could in earlier versions.

You can control the number of connections via Tools|News Servers.

-- 
cheers,
Charles