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From: mm@vaxine.UUCP (Mark Mudgett)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: USENET frowning upon graphics in signatures
Message-ID: <669@vaxine.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 18:09:45 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 17 18:09:45 1985
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Subject: Re: USENET frowning upon graphics in signatures

>>> most definitely frowned upon. DO NOT include drawings, pictures,
>>> maps, or other graphics in your signature -- it is not the
>>> appropriate place for such material and viewed as rude by
>>> other readers.
>> I fail to see the harm in including a (concise) graphic at the
>> end of a posting. Sure, it costs a bit more (pretty minimal in
>> most cases) to send it around, but I have gotten more comments
>> (either positive or curiously entertained) from my ever mutating
>> graphic depiction of my face than I have from my postings.
> Boy I'm with you Todd.  Signature files with graphics help me recognize
> those who posted articles.  It is alot easier to remember a picture than
> it is a name.  I like to recognize those who post articles so that I can
> get a better and more complete view of how a person feels about things.
> Signature files can also display the personality of the person submitting
> articles.  I don't understand how USENET got the idea that net news readers
> find graphics offensive.

I recently got mail from 'digi-g!deg', in which 'deg' informed me that part
of my '.signature' graphics was causing his modem to hang up when his
system tried to receive a news file containing an article which I had posted.
It seems that three consecutive '+' signs were interpreted by his modem as
a control command.  A cute signature is fun, but when the graphics are
composed of non-alphanumeric characters they may cause problems to others
on the Net.

Caveat Hackor ...
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