[lug] /bin/mail ~a feature redux

[Stephen Coffin]

>> "/bin/mail" in RedHat 6.x apparently does not support signature
>> lines (~a).  Somewhere in the past I picked up a version of
>> /bin/mail that has this feature, but otherwise is very similar
>> to /bin/mail or mailx as it is also called (but not like the
>> AT&T program named "mailx" :-(  Over several years, I forgot
>> to back this alternative mailer, and now it is lost.
>> Anyone have any idea what mail program I am talking about?
>> Or where to find it now?  Source code or binary ok....
>> 
>> Thanks for your comments....
>> 
>> ps= please do not tell me to use pine, elm, mutt, xmail,
>> netscape or any other "advanced" mailer.  Thanks!

Not getting any response from this group, I downloaded the
mailx-8.1.1 sources and hacked it up to do what I wanted.  :-)
Rather easy, actually.  If anyone in the world other than me
uses /bin/mail, email me if you want my fixes....

				=S.Coffin
				GV Computing
				scoffin at netcom.com