ng quesiton

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Ann in Houston said:

I read one other ng and people have, from time to time put a low key blurb
and a link in a sig line, for a business that they run. What has been the
feeling here, regarding this practice. I like to use the sig in all my
email correspondence, but I have been taking it off when I post here. Would
it be considered bad practice to leave it on when I post here?
Thanks

Ann, it's generally accepted usenet protocol that a short sig or addy,
if commercial, is acceptable. A commercial blurb is pushing that
etiqette, however, particularly if it increases your total signature to
more than four lines in height.

I like people to disclose any commercial interests so I know how that
might influence their posting content and thinking.

Susan

Ann in Houston wrote:
:: I read one other ng and people have, from time to time put a low key
:: blurb and a link in a sig line, for a business that they run. What
:: has been the feeling here, regarding this practice. I like to use
:: the sig in all my email correspondence, but I have been taking it
:: off when I post here. Would it be considered bad practice to leave
:: it on when I post here? Thanks

I hate sigs period, but then I'm not boss of usenet.

Ann in Houston said:

I read one other ng and people have, from time to time put a low key
blurb and a link in a sig line, for a business that they run. What
has been the feeling here, regarding this practice. I like to use
the sig in all my email correspondence, but I have been taking it
off when I post here. Would it be considered bad practice to leave
it on when I post here?

Standard netiquette says your .sig can be anything you want, as long
as it's a maximum of four lines and follows a correct signature
separator (two hyphens and a space on a line by themselves, like mine
below). So go for it.

--
Aaron -- 285/235/200 -- http://aaron.baugher.biz/

"If you hear hoofbeats, you just go ahead and think horsies, not
zebras."

doesn't bother me in the slightest, I would post a link to my private ngs
that I run but unfortunately I've never gotten any "mentally stable" posters
interested in joining us from usenet in the past:-) So I don't offer it
anymore. So go ahead if you want:-)

Carol J

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I read one other ng and people have, from time to time put a low key blurb
and a link in a sig line, for a business that they run. What has been the
feeling here, regarding this practice. I like to use the sig in all my
email correspondence, but I have been taking it off when I post here. Would
it be considered bad practice to leave it on when I post here?
Thanks

Thanks for the answers. I thought it would be fine, but since I will likely
be a regular here, I wanted to know how those here feel about it. I changed
my settings, so this will be a test to see if it appears.

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Thanks for the answers. I thought it would be fine, but since I will
likely be a regular here, I wanted to know how those here feel about it.
I changed my settings, so this will be a test to see if it appears.