TH-SIG is a simple program to add an .sig to each outgoing piece of
Internet email and each Usenet newspost.  Many systems use such .sigs to
advertise their system, or furnish a standard disclaimer.

     Because it is a PPE, and uses the findfirst() and findnext() functions, 
you must be running PCBoard 15.21 or greater.

     Installation is simple, and reading the directions will probably take 
you longer than installing the program:

     1) Create a subdirectory somewhere on your BBS and unzip this archive 
        into it.  You should have three files:
           TH-SIG.DOC - This doc file,
           TH-SIG.PPE - The PPE itself, and
           TH-SIG.SIG - A sample .sig file

     2) Add a line to the event that exports your mail and news.  In my case,
        it looks like this:
           pcboardm /ppe:c:\pcb\ppl\th-sig\th-sig.ppe
        If you don't use the multiport version of PCBoard, change "pcboardm"
        to "pcboard".  If you've stored the program in some other path, change
        the pathname.  <grin>  (NB: there must be a valid PCBOARD.DAT in the
        directory you run TH-SIG from.  I'd suggest just putting the above 
        commandline immediately after the line that runs UUOUT.)

     3) Create your .sig file.  It should have the same base name as the PPE,
        and have the extension .SIG.  (Translation: if you've renamed
        TH-SIG.PPE to -- for example -- TAGGER.PPE, you should name your .sig
        file TAGGER.SIG.)

        The format is very simple: Create the .sig file exactly as you want it
        to appear in messages.  (TH-SIG will automatically translate DOS' CRLF
        end of lines into UNIX LF end of lines.)  You may have as many lines 
        as you want, but each line must contain something as a blank line will
        be seen as the end of the file.  If you want a line to _look_ blank,
        include a space or a tab.  (WARNING 1: .sigs longer than 4-6 lines may
        result in nasty email from other systems.)  (WARNING 2: TH-SIG has not
        been tested with lines greater than 80 characters.)

     That's it!  TH-SIG is ready to run.  When run, it will check your 
mailhost and newshost directories for outgoing messages.  Each message found 
will be checked to see if it has already been tagged.  If not, TH-SIG will 
add a --- and then your BBS' .sig.

     All processing is logged to the screen so you can see what it's doing, 
and there are no pauses or shareware delays.

     TH-SIG is _FREEWARE_, meaning that I retain all copyright, but you may 
use the program as long as you want without ever paying a cent.  If you love 
the program, feel free to send money to the address below, however.  <grin>

     I'm debating enhancing TH-SIG to allow for each BBS caller to have his 
or her own .sig to be automatically attached to each message either in 
addition to or instead of the BBS' own .sig.  If I recieve at least $100 in 
donations, I will do the enhancing.  If not, I'll concentrate on a few other 
projects I'm working on, including an email-to-BBS-conference program 
(something UUIN lacks that I sorely miss from Ed Hopper's uuPCB) and an 
FTP-by-mail server (to allow people to request files from your BBS by email).

     Support for this program is available via email: steven.karp@teamhbbs.com
and by paper mail to:

     Steven Karp
     2124 Kittredge St.
     #44
     Berkeley, CA 94704