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From: platzer@utcsrgv.UUCP (Andrew Platzer)
Newsgroups: net.general,net.misc,net.flame
Subject: article signatures
Message-ID: <4736@utcsrgv.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Jul-84 01:12:05 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  4 01:12:05 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 4-Jul-84 02:34:26 EDT
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 Why is it that people's signatures are so often like this:

                                                  Tom West
                      {allegra,cornell,decvax,ihnp4,linus,utzoo}!utcsrgv!platzer

instead of

Tom West
 {allegra,cornell,decvax,ihnp4,linus,utzoo}!utcsrgv!platzer

 By putting a 7 or 8 line signature on the right side of the screen, us poor
suckers who read news at 300 baud have to sit for 10-15 seconds instead of
3-4 seconds for the end of letter signature.  It should be no trouble for
people to left justify their signatures, and I am fairly sure that after the
200th right hand side signature at 300 baud, I'm not the only one to get a 
little annoyed.
  Just a little suggestion to make life easier for others.

as you might of guessed
Tom West