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   !_  )!__ /    __________________________________________________     |\/
    / /  !_ \                                                           |
   /___!!___/                                                          /_\_


   There are no rules for making sigs.  Most sigs contain items like:

   o  Name.
   o  Nickname.
   o  Email addresss.
   o  ASCII art pics.
   o  Borders.
   o  Work and school names.
   o  Disclaimer.
   o  Mail addresses.
   o  Phone, fax, and pager numbers.
   o  Quotes and jokes from the poster and other people.
   o  Info about the poster's .plan, PGP key, FTP site, WWW home page.


   You might simply 'Figletize' your name, pop in your addy and a pic, and
presto, instant sig:


       |     'Go Johnny Go'       ||      ___|    johnsmith@foo.bar.edu
       |         |                ||     /                  _)  |    |
       |   _ \   __ \   __ \     \||/     __  \   __ `__ \   |  __|  __ \
   \   |  (   |  |   |  |   |    /()\          |  |   |   |  |  |    |   |
   ___/   ___/  _|  _| _|  _|    \__/    _____/  _|  _|  _| _|  __| _|  _|


   Here is the same sig with more information and a border:


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
*                                                                           *
* School: University of Silicon Valley, math major - Job: Al's Shipping Co. *
* I speak for myself not for Silicon Valley University or Al's Shipping Co. *
*                                 /|                                        *
*      |     'Go Johnny Go'       ||        ___|       G O   S V U !        *
*      |         |                ||       /                 _)  |    |     *
*      |   _     __     __       \||/      __      __ `__     |  __|  __    *
*  \   |  (   |  |   |  |   |    /()\           |  |   |   |  |  |    |   | *
*  ___/   ___/  _|  _| _|  _|    \__/     _____/  _|  _|  _| _|  __| _|  _| *
*                                                                           *
* InterNet Email Addresses: jsmith@foo.bar.svu.edu - jsmith@al.shipping.com *
* WWW: http://foo.bar.edu/~jsmith/js.html - FTP: ftp.foo.bar.edu/pub/jsmith *
* Mail: John Howard Smith - 12346 Foobar Avenue - Silicon Valley, CA  90000 *
* Phone: 555.555.1212 - Fax: 555.555.1213 - Page: 555.555.1214; PIN: 143847 *
* "Life is like spaghetti." Finger my account for the reasons, and for PGP. *
*                                                                           *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


   Notice how busy a sig can get.  Think carefully about what is really
important, how much of it you really want to include, and how you want it
laid out.

   If you're going to have your sig automatically included in your posts and
email, remember that some systems only allow up to 4 lines in the sig.  For
info on how to have your sig automatically included, see Question 24.

   If you want to use a larger sig on systems that only allow 4 lines, you
will have to insert it manually.  On most Unix based systems:

   o  Using pico editor, press control-r when you want to insert the sig,
      and then type the name (or full pathname) of the file to be inserted.

   o  Using vi, ex, ed, the command is ":r