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From: crs@cpsc6a.att.com (Chris (Look!  It's Micro-Brain!) Seaman)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Signature files
Message-ID: <2330@cpsc6a.att.com>
Date: 29 Aug 89 00:39:53 GMT
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marks@pwa-b.UUCP (Evan R. Marks) writes:
< I do not see what all the fuss is concerning signature files.  It would seem
< to me that if people used common sense, and limited their signature to
< 4 or five lines, they should be able to place whatever they want in them.

In fact, most (all?) versions of news software can be configured to
restrict the length of .signatures (ours is limited to 4 lines).

< As for graphics or quotes, this is almost like each person's distinct
< "handwriting."  It is what differentiates one response from another.  Once
< again, as long as it is within reason.

Thank you.  I enjoy (and get a fair amount of mail from) putting unique
and witty :-) phrases/graphics in my .sig.  I find it a challenge to
create something in just 4 lines.

< Most of the people using long .signature files either are new users, or are
< purposefully attempting to annoy others.  The second type of people we can 
< never control, and there will always be new users.  Are we going to keep
< repeating this discussion every week? :-(

Perhaps if more news administrators would enforce reasonable
restrictions, there wouldn't be such a problem.  Of course, we
could deny net access to any site whose ORIGINATING articles display
a flagrant disregard for this aspect of netiquette :-) :-).

< Lets bring this newsgroup back to some real discussions.

O.K. by me.

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