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From: pk6811s@acad.drake.edu
Subject: Re: TALK: hmm... time for alt.ascii-art.signature?
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Date: Sun, 22 May 1994 00:39:57 GMT

> 
>    Well, I guess the email would come in with REQUEST SIG A in the subject 
> line.  This sends it to wherever it has to go.  Now in the body of the 
> request, it would have a few things, like:
> 
> Name: John Doe
> Address: jdoe@foo.bar.edu
> Quote: "I'm not your average John Doe."
> Figlet: Graffiti
> 
... <deleted stuff> ...

no, no, no! :-)  If you make them specify the format, font, etc., people
will end up submitting 100 requests 'just to see'.  The server ought to
send back every combination of font and format.  Or don't do any 
special formatting, just left-justify every font and include some
sample formats they can emulate and tweak.

Just take the subject line:

    SIG: text to be sigged

and send the response back to the sender.  Keep it simple on the server
program and let the requestor do the fun stuff :-)

Paul Kline
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