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From: jbuck@epimass.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: more on multiple .signatures
Message-ID: <967@epimass.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Mar-87 12:43:41 EST
Article-I.D.: epimass.967
Posted: Wed Mar 11 12:43:41 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 12-Mar-87 20:43:43 EST
References: <306@unisoft.UUCP>
Reply-To: jbuck@epimass.UUCP (Joe Buck)
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In article <306@unisoft.UUCP> jef@unisoft.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer) writes:
>However, I've noticed a new syndrome on the net, and I'm not sure what's
>causing it: someone posts an article without a signature, and then
>immediately posts a content-free followup saying "oops, my .signature
>didn't appear, here it is in case you want to flame me or something".
>This seems to be happening as often as the old variety of double sigs.
>
>Can anyone explain this to me?  Is it due to some bug/incompatibility/
>new feature in 2.11 news?  And more importantly, can we fix it??

This is not a new problem.  Inews runs as user "news".  If your
signature does not appear, it's probably because user "news" can't
read your .signature file.  Your .signature file must be readable by
the world.  Do that and it's fixed.

I suspect that the problem is more noticeable now because 2.11
postnews gives you another chance to fix your posting before letting
it go.  Anyone notice the decline in garbage postings lately (full of
wq's and other vi commands entered as text)?  The remaining problems
stand out more.
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