Subject: .signature problem

From: David Michael Hand <[email-masked]>
Date: 10 Jul 1997 12:06:58 -0700

I'm using the lastest release of Pine for Solaris.  I use vi as my editor, which
is invoked implicitly.  I just realized that every time I post to a newsgroup,
Pine puts two copies of my signature at the bottom of the message, rather
than one.  Oddly, this doesn't happen when I send email messages.

I feel kind of like someone who has just found out that he has been walking
around the office with his fly down.  What's worse, I don't know how to fix it.
My .signature file has only one copy of my signature in it.  Does anyone know
what I should check to fix this?

(BTW, I don't see two signatures in the messages before I send them, so with
my luck this message won't contain two signatures, and I'll end up looking like
an even bigger fool than apparrently I already am.  :-))

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From: Edward M Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 07:13:57 +0800 (GMT)

> than one.  Oddly, this doesn't happen when I send email messages.

I'm guessing it is the news server causing your problem.  Notice the
difference below.

See that there are 3 sets of "-"?  

Suggest you edit your .signature to *not* have the long string of "-" but
to have simply 2 like you see below.  You can even try 2 first and on the
next line the long string if you *really* like them.

Ed

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