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Keep the signature, Bill......Joan Hartman ----- Original Message ----- From: Carole Hercun <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 4:33 PM Subject: Re: OFF-TOPIC (NON-PD): Reviewing e-mail 101 -- Bill is busted! > 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/ >