In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Holger Metzger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Jul 2001 09:33:51 +0200, Peter Lairo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > *Blocking* posters from having their sigs under their mails is not that
> > important (i.e., not necessary). Having the option to choose where your
> > sig goes IS important - but you knew that, you were just chosing to be
> > difficult.
>
> IMHO, Mozilla should distinguish mail and news and where the .signature goes.
> A .signature above quoted text is not that much of a problem in mail and
> should be allowed, but for news the signature belongs at the end of the
> posting, so Mozilla should prohibit putting the .signature above quoted
> material.
It has the same problem in both places -- when replying the quoted text
"disappears" and inexperienced RECIPIENTS don't know why or what to do
about it.
The problem is more acute in news because of the greater number of such
programs, but it happens in mail too.
The sig position is a format issue, it comes after the main body.
--
J.B. Moreno
