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From: r4@cbnews.ATT.COM (richard.r.grady..jr)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: how can I get Pnews to ask for .signature?
Message-ID: <10552@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 24 Oct 89 15:45:33 GMT
References: <949@wubios.wustl.edu>
Reply-To: r4@cbnews.ATT.COM (richard.r.grady..jr,54354,mv,3a018,508 960 6182)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <949@wubios.wustl.edu> david@wubios.UUCP (David J. Camp) writes:
>[...]                 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.
>[...]
>If there is no way I can work around this, who should I contact to have
>it fixed?  Thank you for your concern.  -David-

I, also, use different signatures (one for internal company newsgroups,
and another for world-wide newsgroups).
Here is my work-around:
Pnews, etc. looks for a file named ".signature" in your login directory.
If there is no such file, no signature is appended.
I keep my two signatures in files named ".sig.int" and ".sig.ext"
and edit the appropriate one into my article manually.
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Dick Grady              r_r_grady@att.com          ...!att!mvuxd!r4