On 4 November 2010 23:25, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/04/2010 04:21 PM, Sam Sharpe wrote: >> While I appreciate that you have worked on your signature script, are >> you aware that the signal in this post was about 169 characters, >> versus the Â470 of noise for your signature. Perhaps keeping it off >> for list posts would be a good idea, as that's a very bad S/N ratio... > > It could have been worse: several K of quoted text going back several > generations, 169 characters of new material and 470 more of an > overly-long signature. It's weird actually. I like context to my messages, because I am one of those weird people who reads lists chronologically rather than threaded - so giving context and history to what you are saying by quoting a little too much doesn't bother me as much as it bothers some people. However I find overly long signatures that attempt to be "interesting" quite distracting. I do however accept that people can't always control their signatures - my work one appends my job title, team, division. phone number, corporate website and a blank line for the fax number I don't have, followed by the standard boilerplate about forgetting you ever saw the message if you receive it in error on all messages sent to external recipients. This is the main reason I don't use it for lists (and actually don't email people outside the company from it). -- Sam -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
