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From: root@libove.UUCP (The Super User)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.uucp,news.admin,news.misc
Subject: Re: Multiple addresses in .signature
Message-ID: <47@libove.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jun 88 22:46:25 GMT
References: <1217@odyssee.UUCP>
Organization: NKJL Enterprises
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From article <1217@odyssee.UUCP>, by pinard@odyssee.UUCP (Francois Pinard):
> 
> Recently, I received this comment from a nice fellow:
> 
>    P.S. Since  doesn't know where odyssee.uucp is, I suggest
>    you add some more info to your signature.
> 
[ much discussion on why we shouldn't have multiple signatures deleted ]

Try to keep in mind that many people (I vote for most) who use all of
the networks (BITnet,the DARPA Internet, UUCP, etc...) do *not* know much
about networking and gatewaying, and many sites have the networks
available at sufference, thus question about getting to another net may
not get answered, in the terms of the original poster, mom may not be
available to ask.

I favor small signatures, mine is in fact larger than I like, but it
makes it possible for jsut about anyone, knowing almost nothing about
networks, to mail to me; it includes my snail mail address as a last
resort.

Since the networks are not yet standardized, it seems that the extra
line or two in most signatures, expensive though they do indeed add
up to be, is worthwhile to make the net a friendlier place for the
novice user (please no flames about letting novices learn the hard
way like we did, analagously that is how "my father was an alcoholic
and beat me, so I'm going to beat my son..." work).

-- 
Jay Libove               Internet: libove@cs.cmu.edu libove@andrew.cmu.edu
5313 Ellsworth Avenue              formtek!ditka!libove!libove@pt.cs.cmu.edu
Pittsburgh, PA 15232         UUCP: cmucspt!formtek!ditka!libove!libove
(412) 621-9649                     cadre!pitt!darth!libove!libove