In Digest 96.12.31  Karl Ellison writes:

> I'd much prefer you to leave people's signatures alone, unless they're
> these wild, half-page imposing ASCII monstrosities.  These are as close
> as a personal moniker as you can get in ASCII, and they say something
> about the writer (that he's succinct, he's flamboyant, etc.).  They
> also contain within them the information the writer felt was relevant,
> and, the degree of their accessibility to the rest of the group.

I agree with Karl but I _would_ limit the signature block to four (4)
lines of text. My primary rational is that the standard postal address
(which we all have) is normally a minimum of three lines and more commonly
four lines.  So limiting the signature to less than four lines would
call for some creative spacing.  Further, more than four lines is more
than is actually needed to accomplish the task of telling people who
you are, where you are, how to get in touch with you.

That's my opinion.
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 [ Editors note:
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 [ I just cut your sig block to four (4) lines, John.  Okay?
 [
 [ Once per Digest is enough, too; unless the text requires the
 [ information of the signature block I will delete the whole block
 [ on the other letters in the same Digest.
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 [ Robbie