On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 06:00 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-09-27 at 14:09 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > > - Is there a way to make my signature appear in every email without
> > > having to explicitly pick it? Also, if I am replying to a message it
> > > appears to put my sig at the bottom of the entire message, whereas I
> > > want to appear at the bottom only of my text. 
> > Arg!  That means you are top-posing - please use e-mail correctly.
> > Anyway, in composer preferences / general I think "keep signature above
> > the original message on replying" does what you want.  But this is in
> > the "Top Posting (Not Recommended)" sub-section.  Note the "Not
> > Recommended".  Signatures *ALWAYS* belong at the *END* of the message.
> Excuse me for butting in on this thread, but as much as I'm aware of the
> 'natural-ness' of bottom-posting and its usefulness for long threads, I
> believe top-posting is still a relatively common general choice for
> emails. While generality doesn't translate to correctness, shouldn't
> such a choice be up to the user(s) who are in communication? Doesn't
> seem the place of an email client to 'dictate' (in a minor sense) to the
> user the right way to send his/her mails.

It doesn't dictate - as mentioned it provides an option specifically to
do it wrong.

Every client should encourage users to use best practices.

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