signature mess

Everytime I try to use an ascii signature, it ends up shifted when it's
received.  What am I doing wrong?
-- 
Linda
xst...@toolcity.net
lit...@juno.com
http://www.toolcity.net/~xstitch/home%20page.html

Linda Winans wrote:
> 
> Everytime I try to use an ascii signature, it ends up shifted when it's
> received.  What am I doing wrong?

Two possibilities:

You could be using tab characters and the receiver doesn't have their
tabs set the same as you. (Moral: don't use tabs--use spaces.)

You could be using a proportional font, or your receiver is using
a proportional font. You should use "Courier" or some similar fixed
font for editing or viewing any file containing ASCII art.
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Linda Winans (xst...@toolcity.net) wrote:
: Everytime I try to use an ascii signature, it ends up shifted when it's
: received.  What am I doing wrong?

Please make sure that your signature is less than 76 columns in width. 99% 
of email programs wraps lines that are longer than 80 columns. Though most 
programs wrap at 80 columns, some programs/sendmail configurations wrap at 
smaller column size. I've found that I can usually get away with a 
76-column .sig =]

'hope that helps =]

Nexx

A man's life is but a war,
Not a war fought for a state,
But one fought against oneself.
He need never to fight alone;
For he shall always have 
The companions of the heart.

-An original poem by the author of this post

Nexx de Larochet wrote:
> 
> Linda Winans (xst...@toolcity.net) wrote:
> : Everytime I try to use an ascii signature, it ends up shifted when it's
> : received.  What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Please make sure that your signature is less than 76 columns in width. 99%
> of email programs wraps lines that are longer than 80 columns. Though most
> programs wrap at 80 columns, some programs/sendmail configurations wrap at
> smaller column size. I've found that I can usually get away with a
> 76-column .sig =]
> 
> 'hope that helps =]
> 
> Nexx
> 
> A man's life is but a war,
> Not a war fought for a state,
> But one fought against oneself.
> He need never to fight alone;
> For he shall always have
> The companions of the heart.
> 
> -An original poem by the author of this post


Brings back memories of my sig problems months ago.  I would guess that 
you have perhaps changed your font from Courier.  Proportional fonts 
will throw sigs and ASCII's out.  Just change it back to Courier.
-- 
SQ
an6...@anon.penet.fi
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