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From: sirotto@MAPLE.CIRCA.UFL.EDU (Michael Cerrato)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: Re: Shorten this
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Date: 18 Apr 91 21:31:51 GMT
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In article <Mc3_qJT0BwwO5UI2Ye@transarc.com>, Craig_Everhart@TRANSARC.COM writes:
>Why a signature at all?  The header's From: address should work.  Gads.

The From: address isn't always correct.  For example, mine is
SIROTTO@MAPLE.CIRCA.UFL.EDU which is unreliable.  There is always the
Reply_to: address which isn't supported by all news readers.  The
solution?  A .sig.
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