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Bill, keep the signature signature AND the sign-off messages. Carole --- "William A. Parrette" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi all, > > It has been brought to my attention that I -- > even with all of > my yipping and yapping about quoting, MIME types, > and HTML -- vi- > olate common 'Netiquette guidelines. And, I would > like to apolo- > gize to the list for that. > > There is a 'Netiquette guideline that suggests > that "signa- > tures" -- in my case, the bubble-font spelling of > my last name > the ASCII-art, and the tag line -- should be no > more than four > lines long. Typically, my signature can vary > between 8 and 12 > lines in length. I apologize. > > Since the term "gobbledegoop" was used to > describe my signa- > ture, I'll assume that a large number of > list-subscribers do not > have the ability to change the font used by their > mail client to > read messages. The term would describe exactly what > my signature > looked like if the reader was viewing it with a > proportional font > (Helvetica, Times, Palatino, and the like). To > make any sense > out of everything except the tag line, one would > have to change > their mail client's font to a mono-spaced font > (Courier, Termi- > nal, Typewriter, and the like). > > So, rather than make a decision based on > one opinion. I > thought I might solicit input from other > list-members. *PLEASE* > do this off-list to avoid cluttering up the > list-mail with unnec- > essary, off-topic responses. But, if you would like > me to loose > the signature or keep the signature in my list > posts (sorry -- > you're stuck with them in personal correspondence > :-) ) let me > know in a private, off-list reply to this message. > > Thanks, in advance ... > > Bill-- > ...who says that a blow with a word strikes deeper than > a blow with a sword. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/