alexander koryagin to Anton Shepelev:

AS>> Is there a way to ask an autograph over FidoNet?
AS>> Should be an auto-ASCII-graph, probably.

AK> Do you need a separate signature? For forging documents?
AK> ;-)

Well, `need' is the wrong word here.  Does one forge
documents with an autograph?

AK> An autograph is usually written on something, a photo
AK> for instance. You can attach a photo to a message, the
AK> recipient puts his signature on it, using Photoshop, and
AK> sends it back to you.

"It ain't necessarily so:"

  Autograph 0tographe, fr. Gr. ?
     autographic; ? self + ? to write.]
     That which is written with one's own hand; an original
     manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.
     [1913 Webster]

Observe that I craved the honor of receiving an auto-ASCII-
graph, which is more compatible with the text nature of
FidoNet.  Do you still meet with binary "attachments" to
FidoNet messages?

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