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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: .signature line limit
Message-ID: <7874@utzoo.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 4-Apr-87 20:51:57 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr  4 20:51:57 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 4-Apr-87 20:51:57 EST
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Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
Lines: 21

> The four line limit was carefully chosen so that you have room for your
> full name, an organization/title, and two lines of address.  It is
> *NOT* necessary to enlighten us with maps, pictures, quotes from
> interesting sources, circuit diagrams, passages from religious works,
> or other cruft.  If you want to pass along such enlightenment to us, do
> it in the body of the message.

Or simply keep it terse.  It is not impossible to combine name, organization,
a bit of a picture, some humor, *and* a short quote into a signature that
takes only three or four lines.  I've seen it done, although I'm not quite
so ambitious myself.  (I take the view that my legitimate signature -- name,
affiliation, and mildly detailed address -- will fit in two lines, and it is
improper of me to lengthen that.  Whatever I can fit in the rest of those
two lines is fair game. :-)  There is a lot of white space in many of the
more objectionable signatures.)

Note that neither your physical address nor your phone number(s) are of any
interest to most readers.
-- 
"We must choose: the stars or	Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
the dust.  Which shall it be?"	{allegra,ihnp4,decvax,pyramid}!utzoo!henry