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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 18 Jun 1996.
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sig specs

sig specs

alt.ascii-art · 3 messages · 18 Jun 1996 - 30 Jun 1996
Weible <wei...@aol.com> 18 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink · report 
Can someone tell me where I can find the specs on 'proper' .sig files.
Please respond by e-mail.

Christopher Weible
Wei...@aol.com
The...@msn.com
amp <ada...@iol.ie> 28 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink · report 
wei...@aol.com (Weible):

}Can someone tell me where I can find the specs on 'proper' .sig files.
}Please respond by e-mail.

4 lines by 80 characters for proper .sigs is the recommended size
Any bigger wastes bandwidth for everybody else

amp
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\ \/ /�� STUFF: http://ireland.iol.ie/~adamj 
 \  /   "Siant V Tar The World!!!" - Anti-Jn
  \/ [v2.92] "free the friendship seven" - Bill
Sven Guckes <guc...@banach.math.fu-berlin.de> 30 Jun 1996 00:00 · permalink · report 
ada...@iol.ie (amp):
> }Can someone tell me where I can find the specs on 'proper' .sig files.
> 
> 4 lines by 80 characters for proper .sigs is the recommended size
> Any bigger wastes bandwidth for everybody else
> 
> amp
> __  __
> \ \/ /�� STUFF: http://ireland.iol.ie/~adamj 
>  \  /   "Siant V Tar The World!!!" - Anti-Jn
>   \/ [v2.92] "free the friendship seven" - Bill

There is one more rule:
Signatures *always* have a "sigdashes" line before them,
ie a line which contains "-- " (minus minus space).

Sven

This is not a sig.

-- 
Sven Guckes guc...@math.fu-berlin.de
This is a signature!

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