Michael L. Wilson, [MLW] wrote: > Would you like things in the body, instead?
No. > I simply wonder why people do not like long sigs, yet keep writing > macros that are used in sigs. Do you use all of TB!'s features since they're all there to be used, or do you use the features you need? In the same way, why use all the macros merely because they're provided???? Your argument is not making sense. > I have a cut mark. Merely using a cutmark doesn't address all the problems with a long signature. The main problem in the context of a discussion list is the repeated transmission of that extra data to all members of the list. The bandwidth dramatically adds up. A sensible limit is therefore proposed. 4-6 lines of sig provides ample means to give the necessary information that deserves being sent with all your messages. > ============================================= > Spam Stats, last 24 hours (BayesIt! 0.5.9) > Total Spam Emails: 99 > Total Clean Emails: 116 > BayesIT guessed right 99.979798% of the time > My email is 46.046512% spam > ============================================= > morning day evening > ============================== 17:42 This is definitely unnecessary to send with all your messages to the list. Why have macros for this? You may wish to send a regular admin type message to yourself or someone else using the scheduler. You may wish to create a quick template so that you can easily send this information without having to manually type it when needed. > - From this point on, anyone who asks me any questions about the > version of The Bat! I am using, the system I am using or any other > question that could be answered by a macro in the sig area should be > punished. If you're being reasonable, surely there must be a limit to this. You do know that all your address book information can be outputted using macros. As an example, I constructed a special signature for software support. It includes a lot more detailed information about myself and the system I use. However, I wouldn't use that signature for a discussion list as this. That level of detail is simply unnecessary to be sending with each and every message. If the time comes to include the details, apply a quick template that contains the relevant macros to easily output such information on those odd occasions. -- Allie Martin [List Moderator and fellow end-user] The Bat!� v2.13 "Lucky" Beta/2 on WinXP Pro (SP1) ..... Hard work must have killed someone!
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