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Subject: 
Re: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.admin.general
Followup-To: 
lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Thu, 19 Aug 1999 03:04:53 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Jonathan Wilson writes:


Todd Lehman wrote:

In lugnet.admin.general, Jonathan Wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com> writes:


Because of the way I access the internet I am unable to use a signature.

You might be able to, after all.  According to your NNTP headers, You appear
to be using Netscape 4.03 for Win95:

I know how to do it but the owner of the system I use wont let me set one
up.

Signing a post is easy.  At the end, when you're ready to send, type the
following:
[return]
[return]
"J" "o" "n" [return]
And then send the message as usual.  If you prefer, you could spell your first
name out.

Personally, I think anything more than this is usually wasteful junk.  I don't
want to read someone's sig over and over again (unless it changes and is funny,
like Tom McDonald's).  To me, a sig file is just a way to show you don't want
to bother to type your name again - just like sending a letter with a
pre-printed or a rubber stamp signature.

Follow-ups to lugnet.off-topic.fun, as I think that both sides of this argument
are silly...   (to follow the rules, I changed it to off-topic.debate)
[return]
[return]
"N" "a" "j" "i" [return]



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  Re: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
 
(...) Hmmmmm.... my sigs have evolved over time. They started out being the main sure-fire way someone could find out the number to S@H and the web address of the specials page. I wouldn't call that wasteful junk. Now they point people to one of two (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
 
(...) I know how to do it but the owner of the system I use wont let me set one up. (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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