Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 18 May 1994.
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TALK: hmm... time for alt.ascii-art.signature?
alt.ascii-art
· 2 messages · 18 May 1994 - 22 May 1994
sorry, couldn't resist a little jib... maybe we should set up a e-mail server attached to a figlet program... they request the words and font, we send them a figlet signature... then they play with the rest... rogue
> > 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: jdo...@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 pk6...@acad.drake.edu - ignorance exceeded only by inquisitance -
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