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From: u3364521@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (Lou Cavallo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: A novice netter's question
Message-ID: <1991Apr30.221133.1968@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
Date: 30 Apr 91 12:11:32 GMT
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G'day,

Gelson Dias Santos (GELSON%SBU.UFRGS.ANRS.BR@uicvm.uic.edu ) writes:

>> nygardm@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Michael T. Nygard) writes:
> 
>>>I keep hearing about .sig files, not to mention seeing them on just about
>>>every posting I read.  My question is this:  How does one create a .sig file,
>>>and once created, how does it work?
> 
>>The way it works on our system is, you make a text file in your home directory
>>(ie, the one you are in when you first log on) called ".signature", and give
>>it global read permission.  This file is then automagically included with
>>posted news.
> 
>  That's depends what kind of mail are you using. In a Vax/Vms you have to
> create that file and include it by hand on the end of your message.

  In case there are VMS novices out there that need to know, you can have
  .sigs added automatically.  It just depends on the s/w and as there are
  many different s/w packages about I won't try to summarise here.

  If you need this and your VMS site administrator can't help you you may
  find help in news.newusers.questions (or whatever it's called).  If you
  are really stuck you could send me e-mail if you use either of ANU NEWS
  or EVE (TPU) or EDT to do your news posting.

  I don't use any sig other than that below and it isn't automatically (I
  suppose my fingers know it well enough by now though) generated ... :-)

> * Gelson Dias Santos  *  Bitnet/Internet: GELSON@SBU.UFRGS.ANRS.BR  *

yours truly,
Lou Cavallo.