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From: david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: how can I get Pnews to ask for .signature?
Message-ID: <949@wubios.wustl.edu>
Date: 24 Oct 89 03:24:12 GMT
Sender: david@wubios.WUstl.EDU (David J. Camp)
Reply-To: david@wubios.UUCP (David J. Camp)
Organization: Washington University (St. Louis)
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I had been using 'rn' and 'postnews' to post articles, and I liked the
'rn' interface better.  Then I asked the net if there was any easy way
to use the 'rn' method for a new article.  Some kind soul informed me
that 'rn' just calls 'Pnews' so I could just use that directly.  I have
been using 'Pnews' ever since, and I like it better than 'postnews'
except for one flaw.  I usually like to include my .signature manually
and answer 'n' to the prompt that asks me if I want to include my
.signature file.  This is because I use multiple mail and news programs,
and this method seems to work in the most cases, and gives me the most
control over the content of my message.  The problem is, 'Pnews' does
not prompt me, but simply appends the .signature file in all cases.
This causes me to get multiple .signature inclusions, and several flames
so far.  I do not remember if 'rn' or 'postnews' asked this question.
Is there any way I can tell Pnews to ask me this question?  I do not
mind typing an extra command line argument, since I can always alias it.
If there is no way I can work around this, who should I contact to have
it fixed?  Thank you for your concern.  -David-

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Bitnet:   david@wubios.wustl                ^      Mr. David J. Camp
Internet: david%wubios@wucs1.wustl.edu    < * >    Box 8067, Biostatistics
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Washington University (314) 36-23635               Saint Louis, MO 63110