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terribleterryc:
housetier posted while I was posting.  Because of abuse I have seen as a moderator and user I would have to join housetier in the no images, banners things.  I also agree with the five line limit although that would cut off my gaming signature which I display for one day every three months.  Might need more discussion on the five line limit as that cuts down your current sigs by 50%.  It's OK from my perspective/experience.

Renegade:
Well, I'm a bit late to this discussion... Anyways...

I'm all for limiting spam in the easiest way possible. A simple 5 minimum posts (or whatever, say 25) to have a sig with an added limitation that no links are possible until <insert good criterion> would work well. e.g. You quickly get to add a sig like this:

SELECT * FROM COMPANY.CUSTOMERS WHERE CLUE > 0

Rows returned: 0

:)

No harm there, and no links. The spammers want the links... That's where the real attack needs to be. So something like 5 posts for a sig, and 25 for adding images or links would work well.

Like mouser said, they'd be caught before they got to 25 anyways - and that's what they're really after.

f0dder:
I am in favor of allowing quotes and textual links but no images nor banners and such. Also, the signature shouldn't have more than 5 lines. The actual post is more important than a signature.
-housetier (September 27, 2007, 12:14 AM)
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I don't think images/banners should be disallowed as long as they're small and tasteful. Like mine :]

IQLover:
Thoughts?
-mouser (September 12, 2007, 04:15 AM)
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Hi mouser, 1 question reg. signatures: how come that in some people's sign. images can be seen and not in mine? Doesn't matter what code I use, the image simply won't show. Example:
<img src="http://www.yuwie.com/images/banners/box.gif" border="0">

Nighted:
Find the culprit and beat him/her with a wet noodle!  :Thmbsup:

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