RFC 1855: Netiquette Guidelines

[JBHoren]

(excerpt from) Section 2.1.1 (for mail):

- If you include a signature keep it short. Rule of thumb
is no longer than 4 lines. Remember that many people pay for
connectivity by the minute, and the longer your message is,
the more they pay.

I only post this because I see, here and elsewhere, a tendency among people to have quite lengthy "signature blocks". These look particularly ludicrous when appended to short postings.

Most (dare I say "none"?) of us no longer pay for connectivity by time, and a few added bytes aren't going to be noticed in one's overall amount-transferred; still, if your signature block is longer than your post, you've surpassed the McQuary Limit.

If the content of your signature block is that interesting, post it as its own thread... once!