QuipSig and QuipMgr
Copyright © 1997 Rod Carty
All rights reserved.
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QuipSig is designed to change signature files for any Internet e-mail clients that use an ASCII/Text file for the signature. It also has the ability to write an Autosignature file for use in Outlook, in Rich Text Format. It chooses one tagline from the file at random and inserts it each time it is run.

QuipSig works with Eudora, Netscape Mail and News, News Xpress, Microsoft Mail and News, Pegasus, and other mail clients.

QuipSig was written in Windows 95. It has been installed and tested in Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 workstation.

Quip Manager utility
In addition to QuipSig you get QuipMgr. QuipMgr also interfaces with the rtf autosignature file of Outlook as well as plain text signature files. QuipMgr gives you the ability to:
-- Add, remove or modify taglines in the database file.
-- Search by word or phrase for a particular tagline in the file.
-- Ability to modify and enable/disable misc text fields surrounding the quip as seen in the generated signature file. This includes, but is not limited to, the single text field seen in QuipSig.
-- Automatically change quip in signature file at timed intervals.
-- Automatically check for recently sent email message at tiemd intervals and then change quip in signature file.


Registered users have the following benefits:
-- Removal of Register Reminder screen.

-- Ability to modify operation of QuipSig so that it doesn't open a dialog box, merely changes the tagline and shuts down again.

-- Ability to modify startup status of QuipMgr so that it starts minimized.

-- Notification of new versions.

-- Unregistered version has a database file with 50 funny taglines; the registered version has 2,000.
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Installation: 

Run Setup.exe and follow all prompts.

The default location for the QuipMgr shortcut is in the Startup folder, so it will automatically run each time Windows is loaded. All other program icons will be in the new QuipSig group.


Note:

Before running the program for the first time you should make note of the path and filename of your Email client's signature file as the program requires this for proper operation. If you have not yet configured your Email program to use a signature file, I recommend you do that first. You can use Notepad to create a blank text file if you don't have one yet. There are detailed instructions in the help file included if you are not sure how to do this.
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Distribution:

The unregistered version is freely distributable.  Please contact me if this program is distributed by CD-ROM or other means, or is made available via FTP servers or similar methods.

Under no circumstances shall a third party charge for disribution of this product without my prior approval, except to cover costs of media for said distribution.
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Contact:

Rod Carty,
29 Bates Crescent,
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
  Y1A 4T8

E-Mail: mailto:rodcarty@yknet.yk.ca
   WWW: http://www.enc.yk.net/quipsig/
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Registration:

Feel free to try out the program for 30 days. After that you should either register the program or stop using it and remove it from your system.

Fill out the register.txt file included in this distribution and mail it to me along with a money order for $10.00 in Canadian funds. Sorry, no credit cards or cheques accepted directly, however there may be a web-based credit card link at the site where you downloaded the program from. Your cost to register there will most likely be a little higher.

When I receive your money order and registration form I will email you the 2,000 quip file and your personalized serial number.

If you desire the program on floppy, please include an additional $5.00 in Canadian funds in the money order to cover cost of the media and shipping/handling.

Note: If you try my program and decide not to continue using it, or decide to not register, I would be very interested to get a note from you telling me what I need to do to make my program better.
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Support:

Support for unregistered users is at the complete discretion of the author. So far I haven't turned any support requests away, and hope to be able to keep up that record. Regardless, please let me know about any installation problems you may encounter.

Check out the self-help on the web site, or use the mail address in the Contact section above.
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Upgrades:

Please send me all your suggestions on how to improve this product. If I decide to use your suggestion in an upgrade, I will send you a free upgrade containing your change. Awarding free upgrades to duplicated suggestions is at the discretion of the author. All decisions are final. You do not have to be a registered user of this program in order to qualify.

In addition, if you have humorous taglines that aren't in the registered version of the database file, I'd love to receive them by email from you. Please, no copyrighted material.
