Evidently I mis-interpreted his exact meaning in his statement, but if I remember correctly, wasn't one of the original mail messages along this line stating that any mail system which included a signature or identification automatically was broken? The point being is this is a common example of how this is used, and that if an anonymous poster comes from such a site, his sig would close the search area greatly if not removed. So this appears to me to be a good point in favor of signature stripping.
CrysRides
True, it will make tracing the mail extremely simple if nothing is done to strip the signature out. Where I disagree is where Hal appears to disagree--it is too simple to accidentally cut off the rest of your message by putting a line starting with "--" in your message. I think a "kill line" would be best. Anything after that line is ignored. Chael -- Chael Hall nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu, 00CCHALL@LEO.BSUVC.BSU.EDU, CHALL@CLSV.Charon.BSU.Edu (317) 285-3648 after 3 pm EST