On 11/03/2008, Dave Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re:[users] Signatures [Was: where is spell check?] > From: Dave Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue 11 Mar 2008 12:11:57 EST > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > From: Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tue 11 Mar 2008 10:48:56 EST > > > >> Dave Barton wrote: -- This is a mailing list 8<-- snip -->8 > > > > This _IS_ a mailing list, not a Usenet group. The fact that it is > > accessible from Usenet, is secondary to the purpose for which the > > mailing list was established. While a number of users prefer to access > > postings to this mailing list via Usenet, they have to accept the > > deficiencies in the translation process. > > > >> Can you please amend your sig because it violates the RFC. > > > > Which RFC are you referring to? > > > > RFC 3676 S4.3. - Usenet Signature Convention > > <Q> There is a long-standing convention in Usenet news which also > > commonly appears in Internet mail </Q> > > > > RFC 1855 S2.1.1 For mail > > <Q> If you include a signature keep it short. > > Rule of thumb is no longer than 4 lines. </Q> > > > > I see nothing in either RFC stating any compulsory or mandatory > > requirement that my advisory signature violates > > > >> A sig should consist of 2 dashes followed by a space with four lines > >> of text below. Your sig does NOT get stripped by newsreaders in > >> replies as the delimiter is wrong. > > > > I am fully aware of this requirement and it shows up correctly when I > > read my posts in Thunderbird mail. However, in light of your comments I > > checked the message source of one of my posts and you appear to be > > correct. The Thunderbird extension that I use "Signature Switch 1.5.4" > > appears to conflict with Enigmail's gpg signatures, so I will try to > > find a way correcting that for future signatures. Thank you for drawing > > this issue to my attention. > > > > Dave > > > I have subsequently advised that this is a bug in the Mozilla code: > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99922 > > Maybe some reading this via Usenet can advise if the signature at the > end of this post shows correctly and gets stripped in news reader replies. > > Dave > > > -- > Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and > beat you every time. > > > Dave,
This is much nicer; thank you. I'm looking at the above message from you in Firefox. I see the two dashes and the "never argue ..." in a *faint* font. This is followed by a faint thickish line below which is an icon for a text document and the legend "signature.asc 1K" with options to view or download. Clicking View I'm shown your PGP signature. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
