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From: rap@rap.ardent.com (Rob Peck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: signature flame
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Date: 2 May 89 16:48:54 GMT
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In article <3785@sugar.hackercorp.com> keegan@sugar.hackercorp.com (Cal Keegan) writes:
>Forgive me for flaming Tim Stark's signature.

Given the early (and continuing) high volume of bytes posted to
comp.sys.amiga, most everyone who has a large .signature file has
at one time or another received most-likely-polite direct email
suggestions that the .sig be reduced to a manageable size, thereby
reducing (albeit a small amount) the volume of material overall handled
by comp.sys.amiga et al.  Perhaps the most famous case of this is our
fabulously famous Leo Schwab (the guy in the cape) whose recombinant
(I spell lousy today, don't I) bicycle was reduced in size by popular
demand.  I figure that the best use for a .sig is to make it possible
for interested parties to get back to you with followups, likely by
EMAIL since we all seem to have that capability.  Thus a .sig with
the smallest possible number of bytes would seem to be the most
appropriate, thereby reducing net traffic and making it better for
those of us who have limited net news file space.

Judging from the physical size of Tim's .sig, nobody has, as yet,
sent him this polite request to reduce it a bit, giving the
explanation as posted above.  I'm sure that now that he's seen
the explanation, he'll understand and perhaps take the hint.

Rob Peck