Being a professional software engineer (my academic background [MS Computer Science] is likely a bit different than yours :-) ), I just had to cook up something Twain wise. I wrote a small program that randomly selects a quote from a file. I then set up my computer to run this program automatically every 10 minutes. Lastly my mailer then uses this quote as my signature - as seen below. Anyway, attached is the program source (I wouldn't send the binary because you may (should) have virus concerns). Perhaps you or a computer savvy friend could set this up on your computer. The quotes file is a simple text file with each quote separated by a blank line like: Yesterday Mr. Hall wrote that the printer's proof-reader was improving my punctuation for me, & I telegraphed orders to have him shot without giving him time to pray. Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. I can send the quotes file that I use if there is interest. I can't include it here due to the 400 line message limit. regards/Tony -- A robber is much more high-toned than what a pirate is- as a general thing. In most countries they're awful high up in the nobility- dukes and such. Mark Twain