[WEB4LIB] Re: Help with signature file in Netscape 4.5

[Dan Lester]

At 12:28 PM 7/8/99 -0700, O-Tech International, Ltd. wrote:

>Also, as a bonus, I just received this in my e-mail inbox!
>A free tool to add a handwritten signature file using free software.
>   http://www.beyond.com/PKSN104181/prod.htm

 From reading the description on the page cited above, this works by 
attaching a graphics file to your messages.   And, this is the only 
reasonable way such a thing could work.

Thus it is an abomination.  It will probably fill up attachment folders in 
the recipients' mail systems.  It will provide bunches of garbage that will 
be unusable and unreadable to those using character based mail systems.  It 
will fill the logs of messages from lists with garbage.

This kind of thing may be fine for those who want "cute junk" for their 
personal AOL accounts to send to their cousins or grandchildren, but is 
hardly the kind of thing I think any of us should use for professional 
communication.

cheers

dan



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