Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site gatech.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!we13!otuxa!ll1!sb1!sb6!emory!gatech!spaf From: spaf@gatech.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Please keep your signature file really, really short Message-ID: <192@gatech.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Jun-83 08:43:19 EDT Article-I.D.: gatech.192 Posted: Thu Jun 9 08:43:19 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jun-83 05:53:16 EDT References: <5365@watmath.UUCP> Organization: Georgia Tech, School of ICS Lines: 39 I guess I should apologize to Brad Templeton if my ".signature" file upset him so much as to label me as "foolish." Most people need more information than that to make such a judgement. However, his comments do raise a few points: 1) I didn't know that "net.test" was only for "a select few"; is that why he was reading it? I wanted to test something, and the newgroup was there. 2) The article cancellation feature in "readnews" does not seem to work. I tried to cancel my submission after I had seen what it did. 3) Why is the ".signature" file undocumented in "postnews"? That same file is used by the MMDF "send" program. 4) I use the same signature file for mail over 3 different networks and that requires 3 different types of return address. Since uucp mail is not always reliable, and since there are two distinct paths to here, I have 2 uucp addresses. The first line is my "signature" and I've been using it over CSNet, etc. for many, many months. 5) If you're concerned about costs you might complain about some of the other stuff that goes out over news. By the way, if you have another bad day and want to grump about something like this, may I suggest we meet at sunup in net.flame with metaphors drawn? Not afraid to sign myself: "The soapbox of Gene Spafford" Spaf @ GATech (CS Net) Spaf.GATech @ UDel-Relay (ARPA) School of ICS ...!{sb1, allegra}!gatech!spaf (uucp) Georgia Tech ...!duke!mcnc!msdc!gatech!spaf Atlanta, GA 30332 -- "The soapbox of Gene Spafford" Spaf @ GATech (CS Net) Spaf.GATech @ UDel-Relay (ARPA) School of ICS ...!{sb1, allegra}!gatech!spaf (uucp) Georgia Tech ...!duke!mcnc!msdc!gatech!spaf Atlanta, GA 30332