Ann, it's generally accepted usenet protocol that a short sig or addy,
if commercial, is acceptable.  A commercial blurb is pushing that
etiqette, however, particularly if it increases your total signature to
more than four lines in height.

I like people to disclose any commercial interests so I know how that
might influence their posting content and thinking.

Susan

I hate sigs period, but then I'm not boss of usenet.

Standard netiquette says your .sig can be anything you want, as long
as it's a maximum of four lines and follows a correct signature
separator (two hyphens and a space on a line by themselves, like mine
below).  So go for it.

doesn't bother me in the slightest, I would post a link to my private ngs
that I run but unfortunately I've never gotten any "mentally stable" posters
interested in joining us from usenet in the past:-)  So I don't offer it
anymore.  So go ahead if you want:-)

Carol J

I read one other ng and people have, from time to time put a low key blurb
and a link in a sig line, for a business that they run.  What has been the
feeling here, regarding this practice.  I like to use the sig in all my
email correspondence, but I have been taking it off when I post here.  Would
it be considered bad practice to leave it on when I post here?
             Thanks

Thanks for the answers.  I thought it would be fine, but since I will likely
be a regular here, I wanted to know how those here feel about it.  I changed
my settings, so this will be a test to see if it appears.