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From: roy@phri.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: .signature line limit
Message-ID: <2623@phri.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 30-Mar-87 20:23:11 EST
Article-I.D.: phri.2623
Posted: Mon Mar 30 20:23:11 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 1-Apr-87 04:44:38 EST
References: <1305@msudoc.UUCP> <186@cbstr1.att.com>
Reply-To: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Organization: Public Health Research Inst. (NY, NY)
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In article <186@cbstr1.att.com> Karl.Kleinpaste@cbstr1.att.com writes:

> [1] Your name is in the From: line.

	And what am I supposed to do if I want to reply to somebody and
their From: line looks like foo!bar%baz.csnet@random-host?  I've seen lots
of From: lines that didn't make any sense after random software on umpteen
different sites got through with it.

> [2] Your title is not relevant to 30,000 Usenet readers - I prefer to
> know you by the content of your postings, not the name of the office
> you hold.

	I for one would like to know just who you are.  If you are
purporting to give out useful information, it would be nice if I had some
idea of how qualified you were to be giving this advice.

> [7] An ARPANet address is frequently the same as a UUCP address, e.g.,
> this host is properly known as cbstr1.att.com, and I don't care *what*
> transport mechanism you use to find it.

	That's all well and good, once the whole world converts to domains.
Until then, it's a good idea to give your address on as many different
networks as your machine is on.

	Don't get me wrong, I think 20-line signatures with pictures of the
wife and kids and half the uucp map are a waste of time, space, and money.
But to outlaw signatures altogether is going too far.
-- 
Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy
System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute
455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016

"you can't spell deoxyribonucleic without unix!"