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From: bulko@ut-sally.UUCP (William C. Bulko)
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Subject: Re: USENET frowning upon graphics in signatures
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Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 17:49:23 EDT
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I can see why some (many) people might complain about fancy graphics in
signatures;  I often get impatient on a 1200 baud line, so I can imagine
what it must be like at 300 baud.  However, rather than stifling creativity
entirely, 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