Paul said:

> I tend not to use sigs, as Pine makes a nasty habit of putting it at the
> top of the mail, with quotes below it.. :-)
>
  Not necessary.  There are at least 2 ways to avoid that in Pine and, I
presume, other mailers. One, used by a colleague of mine, does invoke the
automatic signature block whenever he composes a new message.  He just
pushes it down and types the message above it.

  My own approach is even more flexible.  I do not use the automatic
signature block function.  Instead I used my editor to create several
signature block files, each to be used for a different type of message
(e.g., two for messages to two different lists I run or help run, one
general for use when I am writing to someone outside my institution, and
one brief one for use in-house.  When I complete my message I use CONTROL
R to invoke the appropriate file, which goes wherever I have placed my
cursor.

    Here is the sig block for my primary list responsibility.

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