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From: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Citing .signatures (was Re: new Pink Floyd newsgroup)
Message-ID: <15049@bfmny0.UU.NET>
Date: 31 Dec 89 02:22:31 GMT
References: <423@mirsa.UUCP> <475@sci34hub.UUCP> <89346.135842TAR@MAINE.BITNET> <631@grape3.UUCP> <514@sci34hub.UUCP>
Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff)
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In article <514@sci34hub.UUCP> gary@sci34hub.UUCP (Gary Heston) writes:
>In article <631@grape3.UUCP>, king@cell.mot.COM (Steven King) writes:
>> In article <`!D+R-@rpi.edu> tale@cs.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) writes:

 [etc...]

>A newsreader might want to mail a question to someone regarding a
>statement in a posting, without burning bandwith by posting.

This is no justification for the silly practice of quoting signatures.
Look at the 'In article' stack above!  Three mail addresses, right
there lookin' at ya.

Admittedly some braindamaged versions of RN put 'yoursite.UUCP' instead
of the real address, but when this happens all you have to do is ^P
back to the quoted article and use the signature you see there.

Anyone who is THAT assiduous about making sure readers can send mail
replies to people in the thread can change the 'In article' address
string himself to match the signature, rather than clogging followups
with the original.
-- 
"Nature loves a vacuum.  Digital    \O@/    Tom Neff
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