Weird problem with vi... "Not that many lines in buffer"

[Dik T. Winter]

In article <508 at icus.islp.ny.us> lenny at icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) writes:
 > I just created this .signature file, and for some reason every time this
 > is in a file, and I do a "vi" of that file I get the following message...
 > 
 > ".signature" 4 lines of 300 characters Not that many lines in buffer
 > 
Apparently you have a version of vi that automagically performs commands
embedded in the first and last four lines of a file.

 > Lenny Tropiano             ICUS Software Systems         w: +1 (516) 582-5525
 > lenny at icus.islp.ny.us      Telex: 154232428 ICUS         h: +1 (516) 968-8576
Here is the culprit              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 > {talcott,boulder,hombre,pacbell,sbcs}!icus!lenny         attmail!icus!lenny
 >         ICUS Software Systems -- PO Box 1; Islip Terrace, NY  11752
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