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From: tronix@polari.UUCP (David Daniel)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: signatures
Message-ID: <1256@polari.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 90 09:13:43 GMT
References: <2069@castle.ed.ac.uk> <2071@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Reply-To: tronix@.UUCP (David Daniel)
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In article <2071@castle.ed.ac.uk> own@castle.ed.ac.uk (O Morgan) writes:
>Hi,
>could someone tell me what the correct format of a .signature file is. 
>Whenever I post a message I get told that the signature has been left
>out because it " ..  must be readable by inews".
>What's inews?
>
>Thanks
>Olly


I ran into the same problem. As I understand it, inews is a daemon that among other things, accesses your directory to read the .signature file and append it to your article. If your .signature file isn't readable by inews it's because you have your directory restricted with the chmod command.
I solved this by doing a chmod 711 (read only) for my home dir. I then locked off my sub dirs with the chmod go-rwx cmd. This arrangement allows me security and the ability to use a .sig.
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