Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!ernie!mazlack From: mazlack@ernie.BERKELEY.EDU (Lawrence J. &) Newsgroups: net.news,net.misc,net.flame Subject: Re: USENET frowning upon graphics in signatures Message-ID: <10758@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Mon, 21-Oct-85 17:01:18 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.10758 Posted: Mon Oct 21 17:01:18 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 23-Oct-85 03:33:28 EDT References: <491@scirtp.UUCP> <454@bdmrrr.UUCP> <524@phri.UUCP> <459@bdmrrr.UUCP> <3220@ut-sally.UUCP> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.ARPA Reply-To: mazlack@ernie.UUCP (Lawrence J. Mazlack) Distribution: net Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 12 Xref: watmath net.news:4108 net.misc:8732 net.flame:12431 > ..... I can see a better way to reduce the garbage-per-article rate: >eliminate the "F" command from the news programs! (For those not familiar >with "rn", this submits a followup article and includes the parent article.) >If the only way to include quotes from other articles in one's own article >would be to type it all in by hand, character by character, I'm sure some >people would think twice about including 50 extra lines in every followup! > >. . .and the net would be a much nicer place to live. > > Bill Amen. ...Larry