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From: wisner@mica.Berkeley.EDU (Bill Wisner)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Signature files
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Date: 19 Aug 89 01:35:06 GMT
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>I hope I am not being obnoxious by asking this question.  Why are signature
>files of line lengths greater than four bad 'news etiquette' ?

They're an eyesore and a pointless waste of space.

>I liked my old sig; I thought it was unique.  I also spent some time writing up
>the design, thinking of a quote, etc.

Use your energy to make your articles unique and stop wasting so much time on
your signature. If I want to know your mail address, I'll check your article's
headers. If I want a quote, I'll grab my Bartlett's.