Hi, I use Entourage, but this might work in Mail.app. When I used Kmail in FreeBSD, I liked it's ability to run the output of a shell script as a signature. This script picks a random line from a text file of "redneck-ism's" and copies it to the clipboard. I created an AppleScript to run it from the Entourage Scripts menu, so all I have to do is open a new email, run the AppleScript, and paste it into my msg. I think it's neat, thought you might enjoy it. I haven't looked into a way to get the AppleScript to paste to the open email yet, so if anyone has a suggestion on that, I'd like to hear it. ___________ #!/bin/sh f=~/Documents/redneck.txt n=`jot -r 1 1 1322` sed -n $n\p $f | pbcopy __________ -- Charles You might be a redneck if... You¹ve ever tried to paint a room with melted crayons and a vacuum cleaner turned on reverse.