A poster on macOSXHints offers a simple script that will create a new message in Mail.app and insert a random “quote of the day” from www.codingtheweb.com’s web service.

Although a comment on the site suggests that it doesn’t work, it worked fine for me.

Compile the script in Mac OS X’s script editor, editing it to add your own sig info if so desired and save it off into your ~/Library/Scripts folder.

When you open your script menu in the menubar (I’m using the excellent FastScripts Lite in this screenshot), it’s there waiting for you:

Run it and the new message appears complete with quote:

Very nice if you like that sort of thing.signatures, random, applescript, mail.app, apple mail, tips

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Tags: Apple Mail, Apple Mail Tips, applescript, mail.app, random, signatures

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