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From: ecl@mtgzz.UUCP (e.c.leeper)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: USENET frowning upon graphics in signatures
Message-ID: <1281@mtgzz.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 20-Oct-85 13:43:44 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 20 13:43:44 1985
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Organization: AT&T Information Systems Labs, Middletown NJ
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Cc: ecl

> 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.

I can understand problems caused by non-printing characters, but any modem that
can't receive three consecutive '+' signs is (pardon me) a piece of crap!
Next you'll say that people shouldn't construct framed comments in programs,
or tables using non-alphanumeric characters.  After all, maybe the modem
would interpret three consectutive dashes as a control character too!

The problem isn't the graphics--it's the modem!

					Evelyn C. Leeper
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