On Wed, 16 Jul 1997 [email protected] wrote:
: --- On Tue, 15 Jul 97 16:33:00 PDT Ghery Pettit : <[email protected]> wrote: : > All, : > : > I have noted that many posters put their complete name and contact : > information at the end of messages and others simply sign their first : > name. While I can dig out the sender's e-mail address in the header : > information, this is provided separately under cc:mail and is a : > nuisance. I would like to request that you provide all necessary : > information to allow someone to reply privately when necessary. Thanks : > for your consideration of this request. : > : > Ghery S. Pettit : > Senior EMC Engineer : > Intel Corporation : > [email protected] : > (253) 371-5515 : > : > : : ---------------End of Original Message----------------- : Ghery: : : With Netmanage's Chameleon, it's a little easier for me. But, I fully agree that a decent signature file should be tagged on each message. All email programs that I have seen will allow you to both create a unique signature file, and then have it automatically attached to every outgoing message. It's surprising that many users don't even know they have this capability! : : -------------------------- : Ed Price : [email protected] : Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab : Cubic Defense Systems : San Diego, CA. USA : 619-505-2780 : Date: 07/16/97 : Time: 17:01:22 : -------------------------- Several years ago, there was a rule of thumb that internet email users were encouraging each other to abide by. This was, to limit one's .sig file to 4 lines or less. There were many reasons for this. Like you mentioned about people not knowing things, many people were unaware that some email services are provided such that the user is charged on a per-byte or per-packet basis; the more email that arrived in the user's inbox, the larger his/her bill for internet service would be that month. On other mail lists, these people would write in and say, for example, "Thanks for your posting, but could you please do away with the 'cute' ASCII graphic? We've all seen it hundreds of times already, it doesn't add to the content of your posting, and I have to pay extra for it every time you post it!" Many people (like me) got so tired of reading the same pretentious stuff in .sigs that we just abandoned .sigs altogether. And because the user of the .sig only sees it once (i.e., when composing it), s/he becomes unaware of how many times the same information is sent to the very same people. Any smart mailer will insert the appropriate reply address without any thought on the part of the user. That said, I think your request is reasonable. I still won't auto-append a .sig file, but it can still be useful. cheers - =paz= P. Zimmermann [email protected]
