Re: iWeb and 'A' characters showing up

Ben Shimmin <bas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> David Kennedy <davidkennedy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > On 20/1/06 4:19 pm, Ben Shimmin wrote:
> >> David Kennedy <davidkennedy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >>>On 19/1/06 8:50 pm, Ben Shimmin wrote:
> >>>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> >>>>Hash: SHA1
> >>>>NotDashEscaped: You need GnuPG to verify this message
> >>>
> >>>Why bother ?
>
> [...]
>
> >> Since it offends you so much, I'll stop. :)
> >
> > It doesn't offend me at all, it just seemed like such a waste of space.
>
> *shrug* It's a useful mechanism for verifying the identity of a sender.

Is that really needed in usenet? Except unless of course you've got a
load of fake you's causing trouble....

> My news client handles it very well -- to the point where you wouldn't
> necessarily even notice it was any different from a normal message -- but
> yours may not.
>
Except for the fact it adds a load of uneeded bulk to every post, the
same as using html.
--
Jon B
real email to usenet at jonbradbury dot com
.

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