Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!motcid!king From: king@cell.mot.COM (Steven King) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: Re: Citing .signatures (was Re: new Pink Floyd newsgroup) Message-ID: <631@grape3.UUCP> Date: 28 Dec 89 16:12:10 GMT References: <423@mirsa.UUCP> <475@sci34hub.UUCP> <89346.135842TAR@MAINE.BITNET> <507@sci34hub.UUCP> <`!D+R-@rpi.edu> Organization: Motorola Inc. - Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL 60004 Lines: 16 In article <`!D+R-@rpi.edu> tale@cs.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) writes: >I am here reposting a somewhat milder version of the question I would >sincerely like answered. Why do people quote .signatures in follow- >ups when they are not making any comment regarding them? I honestly >do not see the point. You got me scratchin', Dave. I honestly think including someone else's .signature file in your post is out of line. Then again, I think that the quoting features of the various mail readers are far overused in the first place. -- ---------------------------------------------------+--------------------------- In times like these, it helps to recall that there | Steve King (708) 991-8056 have always been times like these. | ...uunet!motcid!king (Paul Harvey) | ...ddsw1!palnet!stevek