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Re: Editors & .sigs (was: ADDGROUP with 'real' names)

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From: John Washington
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 00:00
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On Monday, in article <N5rKbsAzGBzwEADd@turnpike.com>
     richard@turnpike.com "Richard Clayton" wrote:

[sig]
RC> no... but if you do have one then it should be separated. This is not a
RC> very good technical definition, but since humans all know a .sig when
RC> they see one it works OK in practice.

The story so far...

1. JW posts some code.
2. A.N.Other asks "can you also post the code for that neat quoting?".
3. RC explains why that style of quoting is undesirable.
4. RC adds an irrelevant swipe at JW's tiny but not-perfectly-formed 'sig'.
5. JW considers the multitude of other sigs around, multiple lines, without
   even a "--", let alone a "-- ", and wonders "Why me???".
6. JW takes the bait and starts a thread to discuss this.

The only constructive thing I'm getting is: in future
I must be more wary of responding to trolls.

Bye.

--
John Washington
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Subject: Re: Editors & .sigs (was: ADDGROUP with 'real' names)
Date: 1995/12/12
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