On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Philo wrote: > >True, but I have the OPTION of removing my sig, and so do you. Hotmail > >people et al don't. > > Sure they do- pay for a commercial email account. Yes, but that is another point. I was saying that with the 'free' account, they don't have the option of turning it off. There is always the option of paying for a service, but that isn't always the option (no stable computer, no money etc). > I thought about this after the fact, and you have a point- perhaps the > solution is to inform freemail users that the ads count towards their .sig, > and they'd better not have more than 1-2 line .sigs. (email address and a > homepage should always be in a .sig!) If they want quotes or ASCII art, > then they're gonna have to pony up for a pay account. That seems fair. Seem fair, but I would just rather have a way to strip these silly ads. After all, alot of lists, mine included, don't allow for commercial advertisements......these included. > On the same note, I hope listowners with footers chastise their members for > not cutting quoted footers off... Oh, don't worry, I do. :) > <6-line .sig snipped> <Name, 2 blank lines, and 5 line .sig snipped> ;) .------------------------------. ,------------------------------------. | Pauline M. Marshall / / --= MightyMouse =-- | | [log in to unmask] / / http://www.logic.net/~mmouse/ | |---------------------------' `---------------------------------------| | UNIX is user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.| `----------------------------------------------------------------------'