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OCR: NewsWatcher 2.0 Use correct grammar and spelling but don t bother to flame other's bad grammar and spelling It not worth it and it's flailing at windmills anyway Avoid long rambling signatures Keep your sig short and simple -at most four or five lines of text Jokes, quotes, aphorisms and music lyrics are fine, as long as you keep it short Avoid unnecessary quoting. For example, it is considered very bad form to quote all oJo long article and then PPE a single line of text say ying "me too Take the time edit the quoted text to the bare minimum. Only quote text which 10 directly relevant to your repfies. Place your replies so that they immediately follow the relevant sections of text. Don quote people signatures. This conv vention is such tradition on Usenet that many news servers are config ...